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pith:Q5TIOXLP

pith:2015:Q5TIOXLPPUZUQ5CDRBUKAP6JSM

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Kitaev's quantum double model from a local quantum physics point of view

Pieter Naaijkens

arxiv:1508.07170 v1 · 2015-08-28 · math-ph · math.MP · quant-ph

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\pithnumber{Q5TIOXLPPUZUQ5CDRBUKAP6JSM}

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First computed	2026-05-18T01:33:23.784866Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

8766875d6f7d334874438868a03fc99322832a8f37d52687044e5c8f6cdaa295

Aliases

arxiv: 1508.07170 · arxiv_version: 1508.07170v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1508.07170 · pith_short_12: Q5TIOXLPPUZU · pith_short_16: Q5TIOXLPPUZUQ5CD · pith_short_8: Q5TIOXLP

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/Q5TIOXLPPUZUQ5CDRBUKAP6JSM \
  | 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: 8766875d6f7d334874438868a03fc99322832a8f37d52687044e5c8f6cdaa295

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "257bab1b36f5d76960768e7fc63c5b0844ff88560eb9296b71368de7164d7772",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "math.MP",
      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math-ph",
    "submitted_at": "2015-08-28T11:16:29Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "6c0065fa2db768c4786851ec773efd8554dd2a3ea66a8be7ed9362c81d5198f0"
  },
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  "source": {
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    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}