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pith:3YXVGEJI

pith:2013:3YXVGEJIFW4PUGJSARUXAYZQWG

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Asymptotically optimal decision rules for joint detection and source coding

Neri Merhav

arxiv:1310.4939 v1 · 2013-10-18 · cs.IT · math.IT

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First computed	2026-05-18T00:58:41.912393Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

de2f5311282db8fa19320469706330b180fa6403266589749e39d52aaa8a49bd

Aliases

arxiv: 1310.4939 · arxiv_version: 1310.4939v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1310.4939 · pith_short_12: 3YXVGEJIFW4P · pith_short_16: 3YXVGEJIFW4PUGJS · pith_short_8: 3YXVGEJI

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/3YXVGEJIFW4PUGJSARUXAYZQWG \
  | 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: de2f5311282db8fa19320469706330b180fa6403266589749e39d52aaa8a49bd

Canonical record JSON

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    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "math.IT"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "cs.IT",
    "submitted_at": "2013-10-18T08:13:43Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "dc311529086942df8128a69a7da7b0e3ffc0fa708d219b87b23e2b0c8c203ab4"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
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  }
}