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Guarantees in the README: (C1) output contains only NxN patterns present in the input; (weak C2) pattern distribution is similar to the input. Failure modes: if propagation zeroes every option in a cell, the run hits a contradiction and returns nothing; the README says deciding whether other valid bitmaps exist is NP-hard, so no fast always-finishing solver exists, yet contradictions are rare in practice (author's statement, not measured here). Limitations: local similarity only; no global structure (a connected critical path, reachability) is guaranteed, so a level generator must add constraints or validation. Version/date: undated README as fetched 2026-10-23.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Correction folded 2026-10-24 from C3-B724-04 (curator-reviewed discovery audit): Problem. C3-B705-01 says the overlapping model uses NxN patterns 'typically N=3'. Correction. 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