def math_equal(
    prediction: Union[bool, float, str],
    reference: Union[float, str],
    include_percentage: bool = True,
    is_close: bool = True,
    timeout: bool = False,
) -> bool:
    """
    Exact match of math if and only if:
    1. numerical equal: both can convert to float and are equal
    2. symbolic equal: both can convert to sympy expression and are equal
    """
    # print("Judge:", prediction, reference)
    if prediction is None or reference is None:
        return False
    if str(prediction.strip().lower()) == str(reference.strip().lower()):
        return True
    if (
        reference in ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E"]
        and choice_answer_clean(prediction) == reference
    ):
        return True

    try:  # 1. numerical equal
        if is_digit(prediction) and is_digit(reference):
            prediction = parse_digits(prediction)
            reference = parse_digits(reference)
            # number questions
            if include_percentage:
                gt_result = [reference / 100, reference, reference * 100]
            else:
                gt_result = [reference]
            for item in gt_result:
                try:
                    if is_close:
                        if numeric_equal(prediction, item):
                            return True
                    else:
                        if item == prediction:
                            return True
                except Exception:
                    continue
            return False
    except:
        pass

    if not prediction and prediction not in [0, False]:
        return False

    # 2. symbolic equal
    reference = str(reference).strip()
    prediction = str(prediction).strip()

    ## pmatrix (amps)
    if "pmatrix" in prediction and not "pmatrix" in reference:
        reference = str_to_pmatrix(reference)

    ## deal with [], (), {}
    pred_str, ref_str = prediction, reference
    if (
        prediction.startswith("[")
        and prediction.endswith("]")
        and not reference.startswith("(")
    ) or (
        prediction.startswith("(")
        and prediction.endswith(")")
        and not reference.startswith("[")
    ):
        pred_str = pred_str.strip("[]()")
        ref_str = ref_str.strip("[]()")
    for s in ["{", "}", "(", ")"]:
        ref_str = ref_str.replace(s, "")
        pred_str = pred_str.replace(s, "")
    if pred_str.lower() == ref_str.lower():
        return True

    ## [a, b] vs. [c, d], return a==c and b==d
    if (
        regex.match(r"(\(|\[).+(\)|\])", prediction) is not None
        and regex.match(r"(\(|\[).+(\)|\])", reference) is not None
    ):
        pred_parts = prediction[1:-1].split(",")
        ref_parts = reference[1:-1].split(",")
        if len(pred_parts) == len(ref_parts):
            if all(
                [
                    math_equal(
                        pred_parts[i], ref_parts[i], include_percentage, is_close
                    )
                    for i in range(len(pred_parts))
                ]
            ):
                return True
    if (
        (
            prediction.startswith("\\begin{pmatrix}")
            or prediction.startswith("\\begin{bmatrix}")
        )
        and (
            prediction.endswith("\\end{pmatrix}")
            or prediction.endswith("\\end{bmatrix}")
        )
        and (
            reference.startswith("\\begin{pmatrix}")
            or reference.startswith("\\begin{bmatrix}")
        )
        and (
            reference.endswith("\\end{pmatrix}") or reference.endswith("\\end{bmatrix}")
        )
    ):
        pred_lines = [
            line.strip()
            for line in prediction[
                len("\\begin{pmatrix}") : -len("\\end{pmatrix}")
            ].split("\\\\")
            if line.strip()
        ]
        ref_lines = [
            line.strip()
            for line in reference[
                len("\\begin{pmatrix}") : -len("\\end{pmatrix}")
            ].split("\\\\")
            if line.strip()
        ]
        matched = True
        if len(pred_lines) == len(ref_lines):
            for pred_line, ref_line in zip(pred_lines, ref_lines):
                pred_parts = pred_line.split("&")
                ref_parts = ref_line.split("&")
                if len(pred_parts) == len(ref_parts):
                    if not all(
                        [
                            math_equal(
                                pred_parts[i],
                                ref_parts[i],
                                include_percentage,
                                is_close,
                            )
                            for i in range(len(pred_parts))
                        ]
                    ):
                        matched = False
                        break
                else:
                    matched = False
                if not matched:
                    break
        else:
            matched = False
        if matched:
            return True

    if prediction.count("=") == 1 and reference.count("=") == 1:
        pred = prediction.split("=")
        pred = f"{pred[0].strip()} - ({pred[1].strip()})"
        ref = reference.split("=")
        ref = f"{ref[0].strip()} - ({ref[1].strip()})"
        if symbolic_equal(pred, ref) or symbolic_equal(f"-({pred})", ref):
            return True
    elif (
        prediction.count("=") == 1
        and len(prediction.split("=")[0].strip()) <= 2
        and "=" not in reference
    ):
        if math_equal(
            prediction.split("=")[1], reference, include_percentage, is_close
        ):
            return True
    elif (
        reference.count("=") == 1
        and len(reference.split("=")[0].strip()) <= 2
        and "=" not in prediction
    ):
        if math_equal(
            prediction, reference.split("=")[1], include_percentage, is_close
        ):
            return True

    # symbolic equal with sympy
    if timeout:
        if call_with_timeout(symbolic_equal_process, prediction, reference):
            return True
    else:
        if symbolic_equal(prediction, reference):
            return True

    return False

    Exact match of math if and only if:
    1. numerical equal: both can convert to float and are equal
    2. symbolic equal: both can convert to sympy expression and are equal
    
verl/utils/reward_score/qwen_math_eval_toolkit/grader.py