factorization

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Etymology

From factorize + -ation.

Noun

factorization (countable and uncountable, plural factorizations)

  1. (mathematics) The process of creating a list of factors.
    • 2013 October 23, Tina Rosenberg, “In ‘Flipped’ Classrooms, a Method for Mastery”, in The New York Times:
      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.
  2. (mathematics) An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
  3. A list of factors.
    • 1991, Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes, page 172:
      Actual factorizations are now known for every p ≤ 89.

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