Pith Number

pith:5H6LOTSD

pith:2012:5H6LOTSD7OG3JWPVXROCVCBELW

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Unique Topological Characterization of Braided Magnetic Fields

A. R. Yeates, G. Hornig

arxiv:1208.2286 v2 · 2012-08-10 · physics.plasm-ph · astro-ph.SR · physics.flu-dyn

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{5H6LOTSD7OG3JWPVXROCVCBELW}

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First computed	2026-05-18T01:55:16.729650Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

e9fcb74e43fb8db4d9f5bc5c2a88245da0dbea4b7be0241c0cd16b4796bbdf48

Aliases

arxiv: 1208.2286 · arxiv_version: 1208.2286v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1208.2286 · pith_short_12: 5H6LOTSD7OG3 · pith_short_16: 5H6LOTSD7OG3JWPV · pith_short_8: 5H6LOTSD

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/5H6LOTSD7OG3JWPVXROCVCBELW \
  | 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: e9fcb74e43fb8db4d9f5bc5c2a88245da0dbea4b7be0241c0cd16b4796bbdf48

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "ef23a50e62ad190f97bc8e74bc68ac5b1f06880943cc4a527a113381e437ccf6",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "astro-ph.SR",
      "physics.flu-dyn"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "physics.plasm-ph",
    "submitted_at": "2012-08-10T20:49:18Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "94ad78c530c1f8f39a3b496e5eae361979ed7c3d522438ecc49255b0b6de6097"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1208.2286",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 2
  }
}