##  [Integer Factorization](/integer-factorization) 

  ##  [Integer Factorization](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/integer-factorization-0) 

  

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Definition

The process of decomposing a composite integer into a product of smaller integers, typically into prime factors; for n>1 this means producing a multiset {p_i} of primes with n=∏ p_i^{e_i}.