Pith Number

pith:3SFTQXQQ

pith:2012:3SFTQXQQ5VAAM37TMCVUXKP2TI

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An iterative action minimizing method for computing optimal paths in stochastic dynamical systems

Brandon S. Lindley, Ira B. Schwartz

arxiv:1210.5153 v1 · 2012-10-18 · math.DS

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{3SFTQXQQ5VAAM37TMCVUXKP2TI}

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First computed	2026-05-18T01:53:46.534212Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

dc8b385e10ed40066ff360ab4ba9fa9a0a4e9f78801cf9ef93134196798c20cf

Aliases

arxiv: 1210.5153 · arxiv_version: 1210.5153v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1210.5153 · pith_short_12: 3SFTQXQQ5VAA · pith_short_16: 3SFTQXQQ5VAAM37T · pith_short_8: 3SFTQXQQ

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/3SFTQXQQ5VAAM37TMCVUXKP2TI \
  | 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: dc8b385e10ed40066ff360ab4ba9fa9a0a4e9f78801cf9ef93134196798c20cf

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "20adcf2a0da87525a5d0e7047429d9d344f0a8b92f62d8a9a42d7e13ce7c641e",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.DS",
    "submitted_at": "2012-10-18T15:06:04Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "efb6e575f165a62e1a38fe1b3d4432b4e8a5f0c14f86de93024cd92a118ffedf"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1210.5153",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 1
  }
}