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pith:56C4RWLR

pith:2012:56C4RWLRFZNS2TIEZHO4EGJ7PA
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Optimization of two- and three-link snake-like locomotion

Fangxu Jing, Silas Alben

arxiv:1212.0062 v1 · 2012-12-01 · physics.bio-ph · math-ph · math.MP · physics.class-ph

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First computed 2026-05-18T03:19:43.967493Z
Builder pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
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Canonical hash

ef85c8d9712e5b2d4d04c9ddc2193f7832d406d580ecc659d826a5420a3c9ad8

Aliases

arxiv: 1212.0062 · arxiv_version: 1212.0062v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1212.0062 · pith_short_12: 56C4RWLRFZNS · pith_short_16: 56C4RWLRFZNS2TIE · pith_short_8: 56C4RWLR
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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/56C4RWLRFZNS2TIEZHO4EGJ7PA \
  | 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: ef85c8d9712e5b2d4d04c9ddc2193f7832d406d580ecc659d826a5420a3c9ad8
Canonical record JSON
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    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "physics.bio-ph",
    "submitted_at": "2012-12-01T04:45:53Z",
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