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/fˌæktɔːɹaɪzˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
- (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression
How To Use factorisation In A Sentence
- Hurwitz published a paper on a factorisation theory for integer quaternions in 1896 and applied it to the problem of representing an integer as the sum of four squares.
- König's work on the factorisation of bipartite graphs relates closely to the marriage problem of Philip Hall.
- As a result new algorithms for solving problems can turn difficult mathematical problems, such as factorisation, into easy ones, making traditional key breaking simpler.
- In fact al-Farisi's approach is based on the unique factorisation of an integer into powers of prime numbers, and, according to Rashed, he states and attempts to prove this, the so-called fundamental theorem of arithmetic, in this work.