Pith Number

pith:7RZPTKZY

pith:2012:7RZPTKZYCPFYGFKZJ2GZXMNAHS

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Optimal scaling of random walk Metropolis algorithms with discontinuous target densities

Gareth Roberts, Peter Neal, Wai Kong Yuen

arxiv:1210.5090 v1 · 2012-10-18 · math.PR

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\pithnumber{7RZPTKZYCPFYGFKZJ2GZXMNAHS}

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First computed	2026-05-18T03:42:54.314247Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

fc72f9ab3813cb8315594e8d9bb1a03c9df805e8b0efb3ee1ab5186b67765067

Aliases

arxiv: 1210.5090 · arxiv_version: 1210.5090v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1210.5090 · pith_short_12: 7RZPTKZYCPFY · pith_short_16: 7RZPTKZYCPFYGFKZ · pith_short_8: 7RZPTKZY

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/7RZPTKZYCPFYGFKZJ2GZXMNAHS \
  | 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: fc72f9ab3813cb8315594e8d9bb1a03c9df805e8b0efb3ee1ab5186b67765067

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "8fc4a738c4dac9e59eca19dcceb6adae724085847757801de421d550255c523b",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.PR",
    "submitted_at": "2012-10-18T11:04:18Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "c55bd5a7b2c3453345c69df5a8dec0c09d229f86220a1db9fad9eeebf126d85f"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1210.5090",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 1
  }
}