Pith Number

pith:QXXAWC65

pith:2026:QXXAWC65KXAQUYLMCPNQZUBLSF

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Safe Start: Configuring Optimization Algorithms for Decision-Making under Extreme Risks

Henry Lam, Wasin Meesena

arxiv:2608.09872 v1 · 2026-08-10 · math.OC · stat.ME

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{QXXAWC65KXAQUYLMCPNQZUBLSF}

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First computed	2026-08-11T02:25:18.396924Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

85ee0b0bdd55c10a616c13db0cd02b915f2de3da6de2936aa4811706718429d7

Aliases

arxiv: 2608.09872 · arxiv_version: 2608.09872v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2608.09872 · pith_short_12: QXXAWC65KXAQ · pith_short_16: QXXAWC65KXAQUYLM · pith_short_8: QXXAWC65

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/QXXAWC65KXAQUYLMCPNQZUBLSF \
  | 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: 85ee0b0bdd55c10a616c13db0cd02b915f2de3da6de2936aa4811706718429d7

Canonical record JSON

{
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    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "stat.ME"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.OC",
    "submitted_at": "2026-08-10T17:27:18Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "f37f96cb44d5235cabb820214f064cd492c85b014414f7a943af65273c623639"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "2608.09872",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 1
  }
}