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pith:1996:BDQRZ2QX25SG26EPA2NCLLDX45
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On Gauge Bosons in the Matrix Model Approach to M Theory

Eva Silverstein, Shamit Kachru

arxiv:hep-th/9612162 v2 · 1996-12-15 · hep-th

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Canonical hash

08e11cea17d7646d788f069a25ac77e77d46fed7cd67db9302d327c141c85a45

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arxiv: hep-th/9612162 · arxiv_version: hep-th/9612162v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9612162 · pith_short_12: BDQRZ2QX25SG · pith_short_16: BDQRZ2QX25SG26EP · pith_short_8: BDQRZ2QX
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Verify this Pith Number yourself
curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/BDQRZ2QX25SG26EPA2NCLLDX45 \
  | 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: 08e11cea17d7646d788f069a25ac77e77d46fed7cd67db9302d327c141c85a45
Canonical record JSON
{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "fb200e4873c9e7274af851fb0c3f064428e33c317e3fcfe4a7a8045ad90bd24f",
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    "license": "",
    "primary_cat": "hep-th",
    "submitted_at": "1996-12-15T22:12:32Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "a21d3cbac068ad660dc0e14233719b013bec5298ed7fe4ad767c65ee30b94858"
  },
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  "source": {
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    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}