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pith:VGZ4U4WV

pith:2011:VGZ4U4WVW2ZLXHDEVVPPMLJ6EP
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A holographic c-theorem for higher derivative gravity

James T. Liu, Zhichen Zhao

arxiv:1108.5179 v1 · 2011-08-25 · hep-th

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\pithnumber{VGZ4U4WVW2ZLXHDEVVPPMLJ6EP}

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First computed 2026-05-18T04:14:44.685973Z
Builder pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature Pith Ed25519 (pith-v1-2026-05) · public key
Schema pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

a9b3ca72d5b6b2bb9c64ad5ef62d3e23f7d06b87841d8b0bf14bff4bbf652669

Aliases

arxiv: 1108.5179 · arxiv_version: 1108.5179v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1108.5179 · pith_short_12: VGZ4U4WVW2ZL · pith_short_16: VGZ4U4WVW2ZLXHDE · pith_short_8: VGZ4U4WV
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Verify this Pith Number yourself
curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/VGZ4U4WVW2ZLXHDEVVPPMLJ6EP \
  | 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: a9b3ca72d5b6b2bb9c64ad5ef62d3e23f7d06b87841d8b0bf14bff4bbf652669
Canonical record JSON
{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "f1667006eb45e5bfcfde7461bd1a6b6a9680861e928370efcedfe7055fb99b6e",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "hep-th",
    "submitted_at": "2011-08-25T20:01:06Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "4df9c9aec4f4fe13b07d14c77fa3dde556f91ea171f4f5ee11c43810cb9fd361"
  },
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  "source": {
    "id": "1108.5179",
    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}