Pith Number

pith:3RP5JB32

pith:2017:3RP5JB32GYQ237M3WVNFBCMCTO

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A security proof of the round-robin differential phase shift quantum key distribution protocol based on the signal disturbance

Masato Koashi, Toshihiko Sasaki

arxiv:1701.08509 v1 · 2017-01-30 · quant-ph

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{3RP5JB32GYQ237M3WVNFBCMCTO}

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First computed	2026-05-18T00:40:40.519194Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

dc5fd4877a3621adfd9bb55a5089829b8c283a4f0bfd8ddcfae11c4bac61a902

Aliases

arxiv: 1701.08509 · arxiv_version: 1701.08509v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1701.08509 · pith_short_12: 3RP5JB32GYQ2 · pith_short_16: 3RP5JB32GYQ237M3 · pith_short_8: 3RP5JB32

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/3RP5JB32GYQ237M3WVNFBCMCTO \
  | 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: dc5fd4877a3621adfd9bb55a5089829b8c283a4f0bfd8ddcfae11c4bac61a902

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "ae2d294bd37a44dcfb181750cd9fb9b3317c6ef4c193df07a3856d407ede4ae6",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "quant-ph",
    "submitted_at": "2017-01-30T08:16:01Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "674476b9a2a6dab3d1eff4656811bf38b3b7d6f10f05c1039e1c772568f0c0ca"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1701.08509",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 1
  }
}