Definition:Prime Decomposition/Also known as

Prime Decomposition: Also known as

The prime decomposition of $n$ is also known as:

the prime factorization, or just the factorization, of $n$

the prime representation of $n$.

Some sources say that $n$ is expressed in standard form, but that term is used for something else on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$.

Sources

• 1979: G.H. Hardy and E.M. Wright: An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\text I$: The Series of Primes: $1.2$ Prime numbers: $1.2.1$
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): factorization
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): prime factorization
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): factorization
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): prime factorization
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): prime decomposition, prime factorization, prime representation