Education
University of Amsterdam.
mathematician computer scientist
University of Amsterdam.
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