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pith:42ZBM7PL

pith:2016:42ZBM7PL233IS7PJN4ZRP5YQXK

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Improved stochastic trace estimation using mutually unbiased bases

J. F. Fitzsimons, J. K. Fitzsimons, M. A. Osborne, S. J. Roberts

arxiv:1608.00117 v1 · 2016-07-30 · cs.NA · cs.DS · math.NA · quant-ph

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Mutually Unbiased Bases in Composite Dimensions -- A Review

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First computed	2026-05-18T01:10:13.772362Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
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Canonical hash

e6b2167debd6f6897de96f3317f710ba8c7b46d0cf47b61af3ac6195c1c0edaa

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arxiv: 1608.00117 · arxiv_version: 1608.00117v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1608.00117 · pith_short_12: 42ZBM7PL233I · pith_short_16: 42ZBM7PL233IS7PJ · pith_short_8: 42ZBM7PL

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/42ZBM7PL233IS7PJN4ZRP5YQXK \
  | 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: e6b2167debd6f6897de96f3317f710ba8c7b46d0cf47b61af3ac6195c1c0edaa

Canonical record JSON

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    "cross_cats_sorted": [
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      "math.NA",
      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "cs.NA",
    "submitted_at": "2016-07-30T13:06:05Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "1af328e8d246ae998dd52ddb9bf95f1b989f397ec3a4438ff017d2ab5c0103f2"
  },
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  }
}