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pith:M5PNUMBG

pith:2026:M5PNUMBGMXV4SLEEEK6QMSO3HT

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Hidden Star-Convexity in Policy Optimization for Gain-Scheduled LQR: Extended Version

Mehran Mesbahi, P\'eter Baranyi, Shiva Shakeri

arxiv:2608.02493 v1 · 2026-08-03 · math.OC · cs.SY · eess.SY

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First computed	2026-08-04T02:43:47.630377Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

675eda302665ebc92c8422bd0649db3ccf9427881d90d5fd068fb2a6af3ef2c1

Aliases

arxiv: 2608.02493 · arxiv_version: 2608.02493v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2608.02493 · pith_short_12: M5PNUMBGMXV4 · pith_short_16: M5PNUMBGMXV4SLEE · pith_short_8: M5PNUMBG

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/M5PNUMBGMXV4SLEEEK6QMSO3HT \
  | 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: 675eda302665ebc92c8422bd0649db3ccf9427881d90d5fd068fb2a6af3ef2c1

Canonical record JSON

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  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "3d0df94a27d9fd235f3a65978fc315a5cecdc2a3536612cf7112288b345169da",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "cs.SY",
      "eess.SY"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.OC",
    "submitted_at": "2026-08-03T16:58:34Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "d4813758d4667bb74153e2b37738f296ce6e1c99138bf3e84c6dbed9d6167d08"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "2608.02493",
    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}