Pith Number

pith:MBXSYZF4

pith:2018:MBXSYZF4Z7GKYGBEPS4PWUICVK

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A note on the distribution of the product of zero mean correlated normal random variables

Robert E. Gaunt

arxiv:1807.03981 v1 · 2018-07-11 · math.ST · stat.TH

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{MBXSYZF4Z7GKYGBEPS4PWUICVK}

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First computed	2026-05-17T23:49:27.640246Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

606f2c64bccfccac18247cb8fb5102aa898f47f3f99e558f228cd16ed8d46356

Aliases

arxiv: 1807.03981 · arxiv_version: 1807.03981v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1807.03981 · pith_short_12: MBXSYZF4Z7GK · pith_short_16: MBXSYZF4Z7GKYGBE · pith_short_8: MBXSYZF4

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/MBXSYZF4Z7GKYGBEPS4PWUICVK \
  | 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: 606f2c64bccfccac18247cb8fb5102aa898f47f3f99e558f228cd16ed8d46356

Canonical record JSON

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  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "4994c50d2e9ab01ede2f34baf4a0ebb479626eeed09c10bd693c00de52a2967a",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "stat.TH"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.ST",
    "submitted_at": "2018-07-11T07:59:24Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "0bf3dc63f4178ceab0bcf3c134cc0e1587e346c270c80f3107246b119ba391f6"
  },
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  "source": {
    "id": "1807.03981",
    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}