Pith Number

pith:3BL3WUQV

pith:2012:3BL3WUQVDSVFXX3VGX4PFLZJYJ

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Discussion: Latent variable graphical model selection via convex optimization

Emmanuel J. Cand\'es, Mahdi Soltanolkotabi

arxiv:1211.0817 v1 · 2012-11-05 · math.ST · cs.LG · stat.ML · stat.TH

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\pithnumber{3BL3WUQVDSVFXX3VGX4PFLZJYJ}

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First computed	2026-05-18T03:41:31.421998Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

d857bb52151caa5bdf7535f8f2af29c2436f39583c3eebae9009af9c43dda1b1

Aliases

arxiv: 1211.0817 · arxiv_version: 1211.0817v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1211.0817 · pith_short_12: 3BL3WUQVDSVF · pith_short_16: 3BL3WUQVDSVFXX3V · pith_short_8: 3BL3WUQV

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/3BL3WUQVDSVFXX3VGX4PFLZJYJ \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
# expect: d857bb52151caa5bdf7535f8f2af29c2436f39583c3eebae9009af9c43dda1b1

Canonical record JSON

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      "stat.ML",
      "stat.TH"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.ST",
    "submitted_at": "2012-11-05T10:32:57Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "4c7273a0674a59252cd35d3a0f6b6a2961a3b26335525b13163a987aab8fd0a9"
  },
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    "id": "1211.0817",
    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}