Pith Number

pith:4VA6JKVK

pith:2017:4VA6JKVK7CSG4JSJUNIESZICQQ

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Optimizing quantum optimization algorithms via faster quantum gradient computation

Andr\'as Gily\'en, Nathan Wiebe, Srinivasan Arunachalam

arxiv:1711.00465 v3 · 2017-11-01 · quant-ph · cs.CC

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\pithnumber{4VA6JKVK7CSG4JSJUNIESZICQQ}

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First computed	2026-05-17T23:53:51.969526Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

e541e4aaaaf8a46e2649a350496502842b3e9a5562dafff8f7c1ec851b043259

Aliases

arxiv: 1711.00465 · arxiv_version: 1711.00465v3 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1711.00465 · pith_short_12: 4VA6JKVK7CSG · pith_short_16: 4VA6JKVK7CSG4JSJ · pith_short_8: 4VA6JKVK

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/4VA6JKVK7CSG4JSJUNIESZICQQ \
  | 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: e541e4aaaaf8a46e2649a350496502842b3e9a5562dafff8f7c1ec851b043259

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "9145a7f6f19a71f24a13d7ebd14ada6edddcecf9045bf6cf9908e67749410886",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "cs.CC"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "quant-ph",
    "submitted_at": "2017-11-01T17:59:47Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "66bd04865635ac6eb0a910a7d31c5a1f507630d05207afec9fcecbe0b18f5a7b"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1711.00465",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 3
  }
}