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pith:U6LUCSEF

pith:2012:U6LUCSEFRAMKE4VCEV6OH6LDFM

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Learning-Graph-Based Quantum Algorithm for k-distinctness

Aleksandrs Belovs

arxiv:1205.1534 v2 · 2012-05-07 · quant-ph

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Tight Quantum Lower Bound for k-Distinctness

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First computed	2026-05-18T03:49:10.172072Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
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Canonical hash

a7974148858818a272a2257ce3f9632b0b3a8fbf01d27b047a488215b3ee593d

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arxiv: 1205.1534 · arxiv_version: 1205.1534v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1205.1534 · pith_short_12: U6LUCSEFRAMK · pith_short_16: U6LUCSEFRAMKE4VC · pith_short_8: U6LUCSEF

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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/U6LUCSEFRAMKE4VCEV6OH6LDFM \
  | 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: a7974148858818a272a2257ce3f9632b0b3a8fbf01d27b047a488215b3ee593d

Canonical record JSON

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    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "quant-ph",
    "submitted_at": "2012-05-07T20:26:44Z",
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  },
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