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pith:VEDDQJVU

pith:2011:VEDDQJVUE23MTPIRYD5UMASTXW

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Using simple elastic bands to explain quantum mechanics: a conceptual review of two of Aert's machine-models

Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi

arxiv:1112.4045 v5 · 2011-12-17 · quant-ph

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\pithnumber{VEDDQJVUE23MTPIRYD5UMASTXW}

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First computed	2026-05-18T02:21:27.156693Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

a9063826b426b6c9bd11c0fb460253bda02450b3b3da5a2b0f4672bb3adb3be7

Aliases

arxiv: 1112.4045 · arxiv_version: 1112.4045v5 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1112.4045 · pith_short_12: VEDDQJVUE23M · pith_short_16: VEDDQJVUE23MTPIR · pith_short_8: VEDDQJVU

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/VEDDQJVUE23MTPIRYD5UMASTXW \
  | 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: a9063826b426b6c9bd11c0fb460253bda02450b3b3da5a2b0f4672bb3adb3be7

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "97c29cceda7a948e414382c1ca62635e37634a1d764a2fce24eccc4d624ab277",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "quant-ph",
    "submitted_at": "2011-12-17T10:20:15Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "8c9eab628b2f457630d0b2b76519b846c9a2c1ecea93f9b954e2919fcd732393"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1112.4045",
    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}