Pith Number

pith:KW2YVFIK

pith:2012:KW2YVFIKJ2ZX4OERQU5H3U6WCW

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Note on a paradox in decision-theoretic interval estimation

Paul Kabaila

arxiv:1205.5074 v1 · 2012-05-22 · math.ST · stat.ME · stat.TH

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{KW2YVFIKJ2ZX4OERQU5H3U6WCW}

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First computed	2026-05-18T00:32:47.675214Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

55b58a950a4eb37e3891853a7dd3d615bb4e2acffea770a24424ed730bac7ff2

Aliases

arxiv: 1205.5074 · arxiv_version: 1205.5074v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1205.5074 · pith_short_12: KW2YVFIKJ2ZX · pith_short_16: KW2YVFIKJ2ZX4OER · pith_short_8: KW2YVFIK

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/KW2YVFIKJ2ZX4OERQU5H3U6WCW \
  | 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: 55b58a950a4eb37e3891853a7dd3d615bb4e2acffea770a24424ed730bac7ff2

Canonical record JSON

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    "cross_cats_sorted": [
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      "stat.TH"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.ST",
    "submitted_at": "2012-05-22T23:55:44Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "9ee8693e90655fc1f836b779626291172d9de8abd29e048fffd6826d75175fc4"
  },
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  "source": {
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    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}