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 \end{itemize}
 
 Observation: let $\widetilde{F}_{io}(r_x) = \overline{A}(r_x) \cdot \overline{B}(r_x) - \overline{C}(r_x)$, where
-$$\overline{A}(r_x) = \sum_{y \in \{0,1\}} \widetilde{A}(r_x, y) \cdot \widetilde{Z}(y)$$
-$$\overline{B}(r_x) = \sum_{y \in \{0,1\}} \widetilde{B}(r_x, y) \cdot \widetilde{Z}(y)$$
+$$\overline{A}(r_x) = \sum_{y \in \{0,1\}} \widetilde{A}(r_x, y) \cdot \widetilde{Z}(y),~~\overline{B}(r_x) = \sum_{y \in \{0,1\}} \widetilde{B}(r_x, y) \cdot \widetilde{Z}(y)$$
 $$\overline{C}(r_x) = \sum_{y \in \{0,1\}} \widetilde{C}(r_x, y) \cdot \widetilde{Z}(y)$$
 
 Prover makes 3 separate claims: $\overline{A}(r_x)=v_A,~ \overline{B}(r_x)=v_B,~ \overline{C}(r_x)=v_C$,
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+# R1CS-to-CCS (https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/552) Sage prototype
+
+# utils
+def matrix_vector_product(M, v):
+    n = M.nrows()
+    r = [F(0)] * n
+    for i in range(0, n):
+        for j in range(0, M.ncols()):
+            r[i] += M[i][j] * v[j]
+    return r
+def hadamard_product(a, b):
+    n = len(a)
+    r = [None] * n
+    for i in range(0, n):
+        r[i] = a[i] * b[i]
+    return r
+def vec_add(a, b):
+    n = len(a)
+    r = [None] * n
+    for i in range(0, n):
+        r[i] = a[i] + b[i]
+    return r
+def vec_elem_mul(a, s):
+    r = [None] * len(a)
+    for i in range(0, len(a)):
+        r[i] = a[i] * s
+    return r
+# end of utils
+
+
+# can use any finite field, using a small one for the example
+F = GF(101)
+
+# R1CS matrices for: x^3 + x + 5 = y (example from article
+# https://www.vitalik.ca/general/2016/12/10/qap.html )
+A = matrix([
+    [F(0), 1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+    [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
+    [0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0],
+    [5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
+    ])
+B = matrix([
+    [F(0), 1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+    [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+    [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+    [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+    ])
+C = matrix([
+    [F(0), 0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
+    [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
+    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
+    [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0],
+    ])
+
+print("R1CS matrices:")
+print("A:", A)
+print("B:", B)
+print("C:", C)
+
+
+z = [F(1), 3, 35, 9, 27, 30]
+print("z:", z)
+
+assert len(z) == A.ncols()
+
+n = A.ncols() # == len(z)
+m = A.nrows()
+#  l = len(io) # not used for now
+
+# check R1CS relation
+Az = matrix_vector_product(A, z)
+Bz = matrix_vector_product(B, z)
+Cz = matrix_vector_product(C, z)
+print("\nR1CS relation check (Az ∘ Bz == Cz):", hadamard_product(Az, Bz) == Cz)
+assert hadamard_product(Az, Bz) == Cz
+
+
+# Translate R1CS into CCS:
+print("\ntranslate R1CS into CCS:")
+
+# fixed parameters (and n, m, l are direct from R1CS)
+t=3
+q=2
+d=2
+S1=[0,1]
+S2=[2]
+S = [S1, S2]
+c0=1
+c1=-1
+c = [c0, c1]
+
+M = [A, B, C]
+
+print("CCS values:")
+print("n: %s, m: %s, t: %s, q: %s, d: %s" % (n, m, t, q, d))
+print("M:", M)
+print("z:", z)
+print("S:", S)
+print("c:", c)
+
+# check CCS relation
+r = [F(0)] * m
+for i in range(0, q):
+    hadamard_output = [F(1)]*m
+    for j in S[i]:
+        hadamard_output = hadamard_product(hadamard_output,
+                matrix_vector_product(M[j], z))
+
+    r = vec_add(r, vec_elem_mul(hadamard_output, c[i]))
+
+print("\nCCS relation check (∑ cᵢ ⋅ ◯ Mⱼ z == 0):", r == [0]*m)
+assert r == [0]*m