Prime Factorization Algorithms
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Prime factorization algorithms are algorithms that have been devised for determining the prime factors of a given number (a process called prime factorization).
Prime factorization algorithms is a college-level concept that would be first encountered in a number theory course.
Prerequisites
| Algorithm: | An algorithm is a specific set of instructions for carrying out a procedure or solving a problem, usually with the requirement that the procedure terminate at some point. |
| Prime Factorization: | Prime factorization is the factorization of a number into its constituent primes. Also called prime decomposition. |
| Prime Number: | A prime number is a positive integer that has exactly one positive integer divisor other than 1 (i.e., no factors other than 1 and itself). Prime numbers are often simply called primes. |