Jacobus Verhoeff
| Jacobus 'Koos' Verhoeff | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 February 1927 The Hague |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Fields | Mathematics, Computer science |
| Institutions | Delft University of Technology, Philips, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
| Thesis | Error Detecting Decimal Codes (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Adriaan van Wijngaarden, Wouter Peremans |
| Known for | Error detecting codes |
Jacobus "Koos" Verhoeff (born 1927) is a Dutch mathematician, computer scientist, and artist. He is known for his work on error detection and correction, and worked on information retrieval. He has also held exhibitions of his mathematically inspired sculptures. He is now retired.
He is best known for his check-digit Verhoeff algorithm, which is based on the dihedral group of order 10.
He is the father of Tom Verhoeff, also a mathematician and computer scientist.
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