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How to use factorization in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Factorization means the process of creating a list of factors. Example: “Factorization has driven many great discoveries in number theory.”

Examples of factorization by meaning

nounThe 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

nounA list of factors.

  • Actual factorizations are now known for every p ≤ 89.1991, Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes, page 172

More sentences with factorization

  • Factorization has driven many great discoveries in number theory.From the entry number theory
  • In this setting, (un)fortunately, the uniqueness of prime factorization no longer holds.2013, Mak Trifković, Algebraic Theory of Quadratic Numbers, Springer, page v. From the entry algebraic number theory
  • A new iterative solution is given, for the problem of inner-outer factorization of matricial spectral density functions.1972, Tunnicliffe-Wilson, G., SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, volume 23, number 4, →DOI, pages 420-426. From the entry matricial
  • Any Dedekind domain has unique factorization for its ideals.2007, Anthony W. Knapp, Advanced Algebra, Springer (Birkhäuser), page 266. From the entry Dedekind domain
  • This factorization becomes particularly simple and economical when N is a highly composite number, in particular a power of 2.1995, Bengt Fornberg, A Practical Guide to Pseudospectral Methods, Paperback edition, Cambridge University Press, published 1998, page 176. From the entry highly composite number
  • Traditionally, starting from Euler, multiplicativity of arithmetic sequences is customarily expressed in the form of an Euler product factorization of the generating Dirichlet series.2009, Anatoli Andrianov, Introduction to Siegel Modular Forms and Dirichlet Series, Springer (Birkhäuser), page 137. From the entry Dirichlet series
  • Elementary arithmetic studies divisibility and factorization of ordinary integers, Algebraic number theory considers the same questions for algebraic numbers, solutions to polynomial equations with integer coefficients.2013, Mak Trifković, Algebraic Theory of Quadratic Numbers, Springer, page v. From the entry algebraic number theory
  • Our upper bound is the best possible, and it implies the existence of low-rank factorizations of positive semidefinite bivariate matrix polynomials and representations of biforms as sums of few squares.2016, Grigoriy Blekherman, Daniel Plaumann, Rainer Sinn, Cynthia Vinzant, “Low-Rank Sum-of-Squares Representations on Varieties of Minimal…. From the entry imply

Meaning of factorization

  1. noun The process of creating a list of factors.
  2. noun An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
  3. noun A list of factors.

Full definition of factorization

Questions about factorization in a sentence

How do you use factorization in a sentence?
Factorization is used as a noun. For example: “Factorization has driven many great discoveries in number theory.”
What is a short sentence with factorization?
“Any Dedekind domain has unique factorization for its ideals.”
What does factorization mean?
Factorization means the process of creating a list of factors.

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