Pith Number

pith:MSI4YQFX

pith:2015:MSI4YQFXNGZWM66WXUZ2SF564T

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Improved estimation in a general multivariate elliptical model

Alexandre G. Patriota, Silvia L. P. Ferrari, Tatiane F. N. Melo

arxiv:1508.05994 v2 · 2015-08-24 · math.ST · stat.TH

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\pithnumber{MSI4YQFXNGZWM66WXUZ2SF564T}

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First computed	2026-05-18T01:21:40.650936Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

6491cc40b769b3667bd6bd33a917bee4d192a62d96de0d22ac8d64bab887219a

Aliases

arxiv: 1508.05994 · arxiv_version: 1508.05994v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1508.05994 · pith_short_12: MSI4YQFXNGZW · pith_short_16: MSI4YQFXNGZWM66W · pith_short_8: MSI4YQFX

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/MSI4YQFXNGZWM66WXUZ2SF564T \
  | 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: 6491cc40b769b3667bd6bd33a917bee4d192a62d96de0d22ac8d64bab887219a

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "40abda2d741abadc3931a16ee4d4b32c7593a3d87a1ed9e2da421475e99f9b94",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "stat.TH"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.ST",
    "submitted_at": "2015-08-24T23:05:55Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "2704b873a60d6ae3580e0187cf49773f6e6ee5b402613a5fe6c74c657b47e907"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1508.05994",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 2
  }
}