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I made the same remark in reply to another comment which used the phrase "factoring primes" :) Wikipedia does use the term "prime factorization": that seems leg
by valw 4y ago
I made the same remark in reply to another comment which used the phrase "factoring primes" :) Wikipedia does use the term "prime factorization": that seems legit to me, as prime is used as an adjective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_factorization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_factorization
- Karellen 4y agoAnother legitimate meaning might be "factoring probable primes" (or "candidate primes" as they are sometimes called in key generation/cryptanalysis), or possibly "factoring semiprimes". Both of those phrases could be referred to as "prime factorisation" in a not-entirely-accurate-but-unambiguous-in-context shorthand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probable_prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probable_prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiprime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiprime