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pith:MENPATLE

pith:2026:MENPATLEHWXV3XB66BANPIFHS7

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On randomized step sizes in Metropolis-Hastings algorithms

Lionel Riou-Durand, Samuel Livingstone, Sebastiano Grazzi

arxiv:2601.19710 v2 · 2026-01-27 · stat.CO · math.ST · stat.ME · stat.TH

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First computed	2026-07-21T01:20:42.884553Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

611af04d643daf5ddc3ef040d7a0a797c4e6356fee82b65fa31b13b4d8eddc57

Aliases

arxiv: 2601.19710 · arxiv_version: 2601.19710v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2601.19710 · pith_short_12: MENPATLEHWXV · pith_short_16: MENPATLEHWXV3XB6 · pith_short_8: MENPATLE

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/MENPATLEHWXV3XB66BANPIFHS7 \
  | 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: 611af04d643daf5ddc3ef040d7a0a797c4e6356fee82b65fa31b13b4d8eddc57

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "9d431de26d9b9aa303bd6909df78ff9737925a289fe0017f916eb2c6339a9a41",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
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      "stat.ME",
      "stat.TH"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "stat.CO",
    "submitted_at": "2026-01-27T15:33:59Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "8fadf4e9950cae605e68e6f99cbd3b3f1ad09210e5a418b33a63339bf21af295"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "2601.19710",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 2
  }
}