Pith Number

pith:4C6R3RTU

pith:2012:4C6R3RTUGJ5JPASBHL7BXEV33K

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Testing the universality of star formation - I. Multiplicity in nearby star-forming regions

Jenny Patience, Richard J. Parker, Robert R. King, Simon P. Goodwin

arxiv:1201.1311 v1 · 2012-01-05 · astro-ph.SR · astro-ph.GA

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{4C6R3RTUGJ5JPASBHL7BXEV33K}

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First computed	2026-05-18T01:58:55.135546Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

e0bd1dc674327a9782413afe1b92bbda97393307eb5a6da980e81e78f5a3fea5

Aliases

arxiv: 1201.1311 · arxiv_version: 1201.1311v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1201.1311 · pith_short_12: 4C6R3RTUGJ5J · pith_short_16: 4C6R3RTUGJ5JPASB · pith_short_8: 4C6R3RTU

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/4C6R3RTUGJ5JPASBHL7BXEV33K \
  | 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: e0bd1dc674327a9782413afe1b92bbda97393307eb5a6da980e81e78f5a3fea5

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "59825f66e6d6455dcaf6808b57cc6304182f44d1d237c3a55452a41de9ba490c",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "astro-ph.GA"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "astro-ph.SR",
    "submitted_at": "2012-01-05T21:55:10Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "d8c819be91ef8b34ff2e010f1ff098be5cb3d7cdb817ee2ba46e943db0017ede"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1201.1311",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 1
  }
}