Pith Number

pith:NKPKMDOF

pith:2008:NKPKMDOFUT7UCFQ6OJMX3IZEAT

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Approximating the Gaussian Multiple Description Rate Region Under Symmetric Distortion Constraints

Chao Tian, Soheil Mohajer, Suhas N. Diggavi

arxiv:0810.3631 v1 · 2008-10-20 · cs.IT · math.IT

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\pithnumber{NKPKMDOFUT7UCFQ6OJMX3IZEAT}

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First computed	2026-05-18T00:59:11.628428Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

6a9ea60dc5a4ff41161e72597da32404f7edd08053679858cb4043780b616c29

Aliases

arxiv: 0810.3631 · arxiv_version: 0810.3631v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.0810.3631 · pith_short_12: NKPKMDOFUT7U · pith_short_16: NKPKMDOFUT7UCFQ6 · pith_short_8: NKPKMDOF

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/NKPKMDOFUT7UCFQ6OJMX3IZEAT \
  | 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: 6a9ea60dc5a4ff41161e72597da32404f7edd08053679858cb4043780b616c29

Canonical record JSON

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    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "math.IT"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "cs.IT",
    "submitted_at": "2008-10-20T18:58:16Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "5fb4cb94e1c931bf871f2fd0f16fc3207a31b89e1855db078bde4800bc8731bd"
  },
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  "source": {
    "id": "0810.3631",
    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}