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Definition of Factorise

1. Verb. Resolve (a polynomial) into factors.

Definition of Factorise

1. Verb. (mathematics) : To create a list of factors. ¹

2. Verb. (mathematics) : To divide an expression into a listing of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Factorise

Literary usage of Factorise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to Algebra: For the Use of Secondary Schools and Technical Colleges by George Chrystal (1898)
"factorise the following :—• 2. Show that зр + х3 + х2 +1 contains the factor x* - x +1 ... factorise 2(i/-z)5 so far as it is possible to do so ; and show ..."

2. Algebra: An Elementary Text-book, for the Higher Classes of Secondary by George Chrystal (1904)
"factorise x* + y4- 2(z" + y3) + 1. (34.) Détermine r and s in terms of a, p, and g in order ... factorise (35.) (z'"+*)l-(z'»a")l-(z"a"')s + (íi<»+«)J. (36. ..."

3. Examples in Algebra by Charles Orpen Tuckey (1903)
"(36) factorise : (i) 4a2 - 81 ; (ii) 562-320; (iii) rf + ^-T. (37) Solve the equations : - + - = 1 = ---- 1 xyxy (38) If A = a2 + ô2 + c2 and В = ab + Ъс + ..."

4. A Treatise on the Integral Calculus: With Applications, Examples, and Problems by Joseph Edwards (1922)
"Hence when a0=/=0, Q must factorise, at the least, into two real quadratic factors, and it may further factorise into two linear factors and one irreducible ..."

5. The School World (1904)
"Personally, I find it is easier for pupils simply to eliminate the constant from the equations as they stand and factorise the result, and substitute in one ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"... for the transformation of the given permutation into the standard permutation, and then decompose or factorise it into substitutions which are circular. ..."

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