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pith:WF5OSVFH

pith:2012:WF5OSVFHLZ4MJDMEIDWLFLN72L

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Inference on the eigenvalues of the covariance matrix of a multivariate normal distribution--geometrical view--

Yo Sheena

arxiv:1211.5733 v2 · 2012-11-25 · math.ST · stat.TH

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First computed	2026-05-18T00:03:37.708943Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
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Canonical hash

b17ae954a75e78c48d8440ecb2adbfd2f1875988550eb3d6c9043aaeb992e722

Aliases

arxiv: 1211.5733 · arxiv_version: 1211.5733v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1211.5733 · pith_short_12: WF5OSVFHLZ4M · pith_short_16: WF5OSVFHLZ4MJDME · pith_short_8: WF5OSVFH

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/WF5OSVFHLZ4MJDMEIDWLFLN72L \
  | 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: b17ae954a75e78c48d8440ecb2adbfd2f1875988550eb3d6c9043aaeb992e722

Canonical record JSON

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    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.ST",
    "submitted_at": "2012-11-25T06:53:45Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "baa12611c286d7ea15b46d55c4d5de06bc862ef0549d107d7a44897a2581e621"
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