factorization
nounEtymology From factorize + -ation.
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Mathematics, Sciences The process of creating a list of factors.
- A fifth-grade class will spend a set number of days on prime factorization and then move on to study greatest common factors — whether or not every student is ready.2013 October 23, Tina Rosenberg, “In ‘Flipped’ Classrooms, a Method for Mastery”, in The New York Times:
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Mathematics, Sciences An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
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A list of factors.
- Actual factorizations are now known for every p ≤ 89.1991, Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes, page 172:
- Derived terms
- complete factorization, integer factorization, overfactorization, prime factorization, refactorization, unique factorization domain, unique factorization ring