prime factor


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Noun1.prime factor - the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity
divisor, factor - one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?"
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Primfaktor
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Among his topics are lower bounds for linear forms in complex and p-adic logarithms, classical families of Diophantine equations, applications of linear forms in p-adic logarithms, primitive divisors and the greatest prime factor of 2n-1, simultaneous linear forms in logarithms and applications, and lower bounds for linear forms in two p-adic logarithms: proofs.
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He said the energy, both electricity and gas, was a prime factor in cost of doing business for the textile industry.
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If t is a totient of N, then by definition no prime factor of t divides N.