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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite both the software and the paper below."
+type: software
+title: "EllPHi"
+abstract: "Fast ellipse tangency solver for anisotropic persistent homology."
+authors:
+  - family-names: "Uda"
+    given-names: "Tomoki"
+license: MIT
+repository-code: "https://github.com/t-uda/ellphi"
+url: "https://github.com/t-uda/ellphi"
+version: "0.1.2"
+keywords:
+  - "topological data analysis"
+  - "computational geometry"
+  - "ellipse"
+  - "tangency"
+preferred-citation:
+  type: article
+  title: "Fast and accurate computation of ellipse tangency time for anisotropic persistent homology"
+  authors:
+    - family-names: "Uda"
+      given-names: "Tomoki"
+  journal: "JSIAM Letters"
+  volume: 18
+  year: 2026
+  start: 13
+  end: 16
+  doi: "10.14495/jsiaml.18.13"
+  url: "https://doi.org/10.14495/jsiaml.18.13"
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 python -m ellphi --build-info
 ```
 
+## Citation
+
+Citation metadata for both the paper and the software is kept in
+[`CITATION.cff`](CITATION.cff).
+
+### Citing the paper
+
+If you use EllPHi in your research, please cite the JSIAM Letters paper:
+
+> Tomoki Uda, *Fast and accurate computation of ellipse tangency time for
+> anisotropic persistent homology*, JSIAM Letters **18** (2026), 13–16.
+> DOI: [10.14495/jsiaml.18.13](https://doi.org/10.14495/jsiaml.18.13)
+> ([J-STAGE](https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsiaml/18/0/18_13/_article/-char/en))
+
+This is also what GitHub's "Cite this repository" widget (in the sidebar of
+the repository page) generates, via the `preferred-citation` entry in
+`CITATION.cff`.
+
+BibTeX:
+
+```bibtex
+@article{Uda2026EllipseTangency,
+  author  = {Uda, Tomoki},
+  title   = {Fast and accurate computation of ellipse tangency time for
+             anisotropic persistent homology},
+  journal = {JSIAM Letters},
+  volume  = {18},
+  year    = {2026},
+  pages   = {13--16},
+  doi     = {10.14495/jsiaml.18.13},
+}
+```
+
+### Citing the software
+
+To cite the software itself:
+
+```bibtex
+@software{Uda2026EllPHi,
+  author  = {Uda, Tomoki},
+  title   = {EllPHi},
+  version = {0.1.2},
+  year    = {2026},
+  url     = {https://github.com/t-uda/ellphi},
+  license = {MIT},
+}
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Interested in contributing? We welcome pull requests!