But that’s the difference isn’t it? In a number each digit represents groups of powers of ten. The number of hundreds, thousands, etc in the number.
The digits in a credit card number are meaningless. They have no relation to each other. If you choose two digits next to each other one doesn’t represent groups of 10x as much as the other digit. Or any other quantity.
The digits are effectively just symbols, not quantities like in a mathematical representation.
The digits in a credit card number are meaningless. They have no relation to each other. If you choose two digits next to each other one doesn’t represent groups of 10x as much as the other digit. Or any other quantity.
The digits are effectively just symbols, not quantities like in a mathematical representation.