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pith:2009:OSJNA4ZYV5FJVWDZUZ4VDKUVMU
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The information paradox: A pedagogical introduction

Samir D. Mathur

arxiv:0909.1038 v2 · 2009-09-05 · hep-th · gr-qc

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Canonical hash

7492d07338af4a9ad879a67951aa9565251cf9c021a95289b9264a97f3cf63fa

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arxiv: 0909.1038 · arxiv_version: 0909.1038v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.0909.1038 · pith_short_12: OSJNA4ZYV5FJ · pith_short_16: OSJNA4ZYV5FJVWDZ · pith_short_8: OSJNA4ZY
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Verify this Pith Number yourself
curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/OSJNA4ZYV5FJVWDZUZ4VDKUVMU \
  | 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: 7492d07338af4a9ad879a67951aa9565251cf9c021a95289b9264a97f3cf63fa
Canonical record JSON
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    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "hep-th",
    "submitted_at": "2009-09-05T15:44:54Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "9465c5ac68096e8becb7e9a88a94fe83f4405db3bc9da23869ea8e823b3f30b1"
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