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Verhoeff algorithm

Numerical Algorithm

The Verhoeff algorithm is a checksum formula for error detection, first published by the Dutch mathematician Jacobus Verhoeff in 1969. It was the first decimal check digit algorithm able to detect all single-digit errors as well as all transposition errors involving two adjacent digits, a combination that had previously been thought impossible for a code of that kind. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikipedia: Verhoeff algorithm
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