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pith:G6E5LYFN

pith:2020:G6E5LYFNXM33NSLWXJBYFGJQNJ

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A Q-learning algorithm for discrete-time linear-quadratic control with random parameters of unknown distribution: convergence and stabilization

Fu Zhang, Kai Du, Qingxin Meng

arxiv:2011.04970 v1 · 2020-11-10 · math.OC · math.PR

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First computed	2026-07-05T01:50:42.181119Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

3789d5e0adbb37b6c976ba438299306a4be020a704133b4fda54c1b4212a7b98

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arxiv: 2011.04970 · arxiv_version: 2011.04970v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2011.04970 · pith_short_12: G6E5LYFNXM33 · pith_short_16: G6E5LYFNXM33NSLW · pith_short_8: G6E5LYFN

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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/G6E5LYFNXM33NSLWXJBYFGJQNJ \
  | 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: 3789d5e0adbb37b6c976ba438299306a4be020a704133b4fda54c1b4212a7b98

Canonical record JSON

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    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.OC",
    "submitted_at": "2020-11-10T08:36:31Z",
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  },
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