factorization

English

Alternative forms

• (mainly British): factorisation

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^[1]:

     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^[2], page 172:

     Actual factorizations are now known for every p ≤ 89.

Derived terms

• complete factorization
• integer factorization
• overfactorization
• prime factorization
• unique factorization domain
• unique factorization ring

 

Translations

creating a list of factors

• Finnish: tekijöihin jakaminen, tekijöihinjako
• French: factorisation (fr) f
• Greek: παραγοντοποίηση (el) f (paragontopoíisi)
• Gujarati: અવયવીકરણ (gu) (avayavīkraṇ)
• Indonesian: faktorisasi, pemfaktoran
• Irish: fachtóiriú m
• Kyrgyz: көбөйтүүчүлөргө ажыратуу (ky) (köböytüücülörgö ajıratuu)
• Malay: pemfaktoran
• Portuguese: fatorização
• Swedish: faktorisering (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagbungkag

expression listing factors

• Finnish: tekijöiden tulo
• Swedish: faktorisering (sv) c

list of factors

• Finnish: tekijät (fi)