Pith Number

pith:YVPLSHKV

pith:2017:YVPLSHKVPHN2U6F65RQHZNGVEI

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A general framework for solving convex optimization problems involving the sum of three convex functions

Chuan-Xi Zhu, Guo-Rong Wu, Yu-Chao Tang

arxiv:1705.06164 v6 · 2017-05-17 · math.OC

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{YVPLSHKVPHN2U6F65RQHZNGVEI}

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The bundle contains the canonical record plus signed events. A mirror can host it anywhere and recompute the same current state with the deterministic merge algorithm.

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First computed	2026-05-17T23:47:40.301821Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

c55eb91d5579dbaa78beec607cb4d52214629ec57e7985996037e9ffc407396e

Aliases

arxiv: 1705.06164 · arxiv_version: 1705.06164v6 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1705.06164 · pith_short_12: YVPLSHKVPHN2 · pith_short_16: YVPLSHKVPHN2U6F6 · pith_short_8: YVPLSHKV

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/YVPLSHKVPHN2U6F65RQHZNGVEI \
  | 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: c55eb91d5579dbaa78beec607cb4d52214629ec57e7985996037e9ffc407396e

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "e240c9c2b22553118bb105702850108d3c66bdfd6deda0d624a7811486cfb1ce",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.OC",
    "submitted_at": "2017-05-17T13:55:07Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "74d14e40f19b7e55ab0e847c5d5b94f40ca9e7aac851fbbd3c40ded86f445741"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1705.06164",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 6
  }
}