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pith:OB7VSFB5

pith:2014:OB7VSFB5IL2HSRBDYGQWJBJLXQ

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Dynamic programming for discrete-time finite horizon optimal switching problems with negative switching costs

Randall Martyr

arxiv:1411.3981 v2 · 2014-11-14 · math.OC · math.PR

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\pithnumber{OB7VSFB5IL2HSRBDYGQWJBJLXQ}

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First computed	2026-05-18T01:02:21.372807Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

707f59143d42f4794423c1a164852bbc04c4bdef5b2e4218b18e1e58f53189b4

Aliases

arxiv: 1411.3981 · arxiv_version: 1411.3981v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1411.3981 · pith_short_12: OB7VSFB5IL2H · pith_short_16: OB7VSFB5IL2HSRBD · pith_short_8: OB7VSFB5

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/OB7VSFB5IL2HSRBDYGQWJBJLXQ \
  | 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: 707f59143d42f4794423c1a164852bbc04c4bdef5b2e4218b18e1e58f53189b4

Canonical record JSON

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    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "math.PR"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "math.OC",
    "submitted_at": "2014-11-14T17:22:55Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "0efff92564cec17dd1b5555dbb834ae0cde5b3cf2136b4a788b725a7c529335a"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1411.3981",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 2
  }
}