Pith Number

pith:KPHNJMAD

pith:2017:KPHNJMADO4OTXJRWUEGRPUJFVM

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Maximizing the information learned from finite data selects a simple model

Benjamin B. Machta, Henry H. Mattingly, Mark K. Transtrum, Michael C. Abbott

arxiv:1705.01166 v3 · 2017-05-02 · physics.data-an · cond-mat.stat-mech · cs.IT · math.IT · math.ST · stat.ML · stat.TH

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{KPHNJMADO4OTXJRWUEGRPUJFVM}

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The bundle contains the canonical record plus signed events. A mirror can host it anywhere and recompute the same current state with the deterministic merge algorithm.

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First computed	2026-05-18T00:23:16.918930Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

53ced4b003771d3ba636a10d17d125ab33a4c1de574cc8deeaec97bf35618839

Aliases

arxiv: 1705.01166 · arxiv_version: 1705.01166v3 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1705.01166 · pith_short_12: KPHNJMADO4OT · pith_short_16: KPHNJMADO4OTXJRW · pith_short_8: KPHNJMAD

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/KPHNJMADO4OTXJRWUEGRPUJFVM \
  | 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: 53ced4b003771d3ba636a10d17d125ab33a4c1de574cc8deeaec97bf35618839

Canonical record JSON

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    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "cond-mat.stat-mech",
      "cs.IT",
      "math.IT",
      "math.ST",
      "stat.ML",
      "stat.TH"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "physics.data-an",
    "submitted_at": "2017-05-02T20:27:14Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "8c0092e416365b19b5569552c976000a5c6d91a63266a6d41d01a2e0b19b53f9"
  },
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  "source": {
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    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}