Pith Number

pith:5IX2KJ6A

pith:2018:5IX2KJ6A6MA3KKQQCEQL7LU2KZ

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Estimation of Local Degree Distributions via Local Weighted Averaging and Monte Carlo Cross-Validation

Michel Mandjes, Paulo Serra

arxiv:1802.09509 v1 · 2018-02-26 · stat.ME · math.ST · stat.AP · stat.TH

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\pithnumber{5IX2KJ6A6MA3KKQQCEQL7LU2KZ}

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First computed	2026-05-18T00:22:33.588720Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

ea2fa527c0f301b52a101120bfae9a567745c2f20c79460558cbc08c6cda0f9f

Aliases

arxiv: 1802.09509 · arxiv_version: 1802.09509v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1802.09509 · pith_short_12: 5IX2KJ6A6MA3 · pith_short_16: 5IX2KJ6A6MA3KKQQ · pith_short_8: 5IX2KJ6A

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/5IX2KJ6A6MA3KKQQCEQL7LU2KZ \
  | 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: ea2fa527c0f301b52a101120bfae9a567745c2f20c79460558cbc08c6cda0f9f

Canonical record JSON

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  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "4e266f14df1319c83ed5937d37424ad4abe5976aa6a0749833202d9b75f054cc",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
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      "stat.AP",
      "stat.TH"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "stat.ME",
    "submitted_at": "2018-02-26T18:52:56Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "ba7c2f1504ede934a6144a38a07e8e4e713f070dc3a0716cb0ee77ab90e817cc"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1802.09509",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 1
  }
}