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International Standard Book Number (ISBN) code[1]

Description

A 10-digit checksum code used worldwide to identify books in stores.

Protection

The last digit of a particular ISBN is a check digit that is evaluated modulo 11 [2].

Member of code lists

Primary Hierarchy

Classical Domain
Ring Kingdom
Ring codeECC
Parents
Ring code
\(q\)-ary codeECC
Checksum codeECC
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) code

References

[1]
[2]
R. Hill. A First Course In Coding Theory. Oxford University Press, 1988.
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Zoo Code ID: isbn

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“International Standard Book Number (ISBN) code”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2025. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/isbn
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@incollection{eczoo_isbn, title={International Standard Book Number (ISBN) code}, booktitle={The Error Correction Zoo}, year={2025}, editor={Albert, Victor V. and Faist, Philippe}, url={https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/isbn} }
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Github: https://github.com/errorcorrectionzoo/eczoo_data/edit/main/codes/classical/rings/checksum/isbn.yml.