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Error detection for identification numbers
A check digit is a form of redundancy check used for error detection on identification numbers, such as bank account numbers, which are used in an application where they will at least sometimes be input manually. It is analogous to a binary parity bit used to check for errors in computer-generated data. It consists of one or more digits computed by an algorithm from the other digits in the sequence input. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Check digitA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Artificial intelligence in digital pathology — time for a reality checkInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Writing to learn identification numbersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A new class of check-digit methods for arbitrary number systems (Corresp.)Cited 26 times
- Go sideways: Luhn mod N algorithmA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Luhn algorithmA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A single-digit checksum.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A new class of check-digit methods for arbitrary number systems (Corresp.)
Permutations of finite fields for check digit systems
Check digit systems over groups and anti-symmetric mappings
A check digit system for hexadecimal numbers
Generalized double modulus 11 check digit error detection
A general check digit system based on finite groups
On the Error Detection Capability of One Check Digit
Check-Digit Schemes
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Writing to learn identification numbersJoseph Kirtland · 2001
Electronic computer projects for Commodore and Atari personal computersSoori Sivakumaran · 1986
Formal methods in computer-aided designFMCAD '98 (1998 Palo Alto, Calif.) · 1998
Formal methods in computer-aided designFMCAD 2004 (2004 Austin, Texas) · 2004
Journalism and Use of Social MediaAnzer Ayoob · 2023
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