All mainstream credit card numbers obey a mathematical trick designed to catch the most common typos. It’s called the Luhn ...

In this algorithm, unlike other decoding methods, an optimization factor has been introduced in both check node and bit node of the min-sum algorithm.

This algorithm can tell which number sequences a human will find interesting The result hints that machines could one day be trained to spot mathematical elegance and beauty.

Now in a new study, physicists have set a new record for quantum factorization by developing the first quantum algorithm that can factor a three-digit integer, 143, into its prime factors, 11 and 13.