Pith Number

pith:523VJKQ6

pith:2016:523VJKQ6QVVIK2VRFAOTA3NW4P

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Reversible Markov chain estimation using convex-concave programming

Benjamin Trendelkamp-Schroer, Frank Noe, Hao Wu

arxiv:1603.01640 v1 · 2016-03-04 · physics.data-an · math.OC · stat.AP

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{523VJKQ6QVVIK2VRFAOTA3NW4P}

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4 Citations open

5 Replications open

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The bundle contains the canonical record plus signed events. A mirror can host it anywhere and recompute the same current state with the deterministic merge algorithm.

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First computed	2026-05-18T01:19:35.106657Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

eeb754aa1e856a856ab1281d306db6e3c5934dcb79fa1e323538c3ede260d7da

Aliases

arxiv: 1603.01640 · arxiv_version: 1603.01640v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1603.01640 · pith_short_12: 523VJKQ6QVVI · pith_short_16: 523VJKQ6QVVIK2VR · pith_short_8: 523VJKQ6

Agent API

Resolver JSON Graph JSON Events JSON Schema Signing key

Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/523VJKQ6QVVIK2VRFAOTA3NW4P \
  | 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: eeb754aa1e856a856ab1281d306db6e3c5934dcb79fa1e323538c3ede260d7da

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "77b4c8dd9ed8038f5d903d6d11d37c87fafae442bf4847e81ee033f571031a67",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "math.OC",
      "stat.AP"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "physics.data-an",
    "submitted_at": "2016-03-04T21:55:40Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "deee46023edce058bbed6e2c14f401abf752e0f33e19fcd1fcd9ff5f2f8c06e3"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1603.01640",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 1
  }
}