prime factorization

English

Alternative forms

• prime factorisation

Noun

prime factorization (plural prime factorizations)

1. (mathematics) The factorization of a positive integer into its constituent prime numbers.

   Synonyms: integer factorization, (rare) prime decomposition

   • 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.

Translations

factorization of a positive integer into its constituent prime numbers

• Czech: prvočíselný rozklad m, rozklad na prvočísla m
• Danish: primfaktoropløsning c
• Dutch: priemfactorisatie f
• Finnish: alkutekijähajotelma
• French: décomposition en facteurs premiers f
• German: Primfaktorzerlegung (de) f
• Hungarian: prímfaktorizáció, prímfelbontás (hu)
• Polish: rozkład na czynniki pierwsze m
• Romanian: prim-factorizare f, factorizare în primi factori f
• Swedish: primtalsfaktorisering (sv)
• Tagalog: balhong pagbungkag