Pith Number

pith:SGX6H5XG

pith:2014:SGX6H5XGD2MW4XRU62ZUOWQHFQ

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Optimal algorithms for universal random number generation from finite memory sources

Gadiel Seroussi, Marcelo J. Weinberger

arxiv:1412.2192 v1 · 2014-12-06 · cs.IT · math.IT

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\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{SGX6H5XGD2MW4XRU62ZUOWQHFQ}

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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	2026-05-18T02:25:04.526550Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

91afe3f6e61e996e5e34f6b3475a072c0203665613698cf031f56456a234acc3

Aliases

arxiv: 1412.2192 · arxiv_version: 1412.2192v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1412.2192 · pith_short_12: SGX6H5XGD2MW · pith_short_16: SGX6H5XGD2MW4XRU · pith_short_8: SGX6H5XG

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Resolver JSON Graph JSON Events JSON Schema Signing key

Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/SGX6H5XGD2MW4XRU62ZUOWQHFQ \
  | 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: 91afe3f6e61e996e5e34f6b3475a072c0203665613698cf031f56456a234acc3

Canonical record JSON

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  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "c706b044d75772bfdeb4f08c9dbc388a9ce1830120bae358ce4401d37cdb4fd0",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "math.IT"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "cs.IT",
    "submitted_at": "2014-12-06T02:00:52Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "59b7e7f1c517554b5b6a8ac79b3475366795862673ac278a8912ae78fcd9056c"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1412.2192",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 1
  }
}