Number theory

  • The Codabar Check
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    The Codabar check

    This article explains how credit card numbers are defined and the check digit serves to verify their accuracy.

  • Sums of Squares and Sums of Cubes
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    Sums of squares and sums of cubes

    An account of methods for finding whether or not a number can be written as the sum of two or more squares or as the sum of two or more cubes.