factorization

• (mainly British): factorisation

From factorize + -ation.

factorization (countable and uncountable, plural factorizations)

1. (mathematics) The process of creating a list of factors.
   • 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.

2. (mathematics) An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
3. A list of factors.
   • 1991, Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes‎^[2], page 172:

     Actual factorizations are now known for every p ≤ 89.