ISBN-10 is Error-Correcting Code

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Theorem

ISBN-$10$ is an error-correcting code in the following sense:


Transmission Error

If an error has been made in any one of the first $9$ digits, the check digit will be wrong.


Transposition Error

If any two of the first $9$ digits are transposed, the check digit will be wrong.