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A new method of recording and searching information (1953)

• russfink 2y ago
  Is this the same Luhn that brought us the Luhn checksum for checking the validity of credit card numbers?
  • eesmith 2y ago
    Yes. Stop words are also attributed to him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_word#History_of_stop_words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_word#History_of_stop_word...
    • Animats 2y ago
      Also KWIC indices, hashing, ...[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Peter_Luhn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Peter_Luhn
      • jll29 2y ago
        Yes, the same Hans Peter Luhn (German-born U.S.-American researcher mostly with IBM R&D - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Peter_Luhn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Peter_Luhn). He also single-handedly invented automatic document summarization and knowledge management.
        • okabarack 2y ago
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• not_a_boat 2y ago
  Tip: Click on the sidenotes to get a quicker explanation of the idea.