Friday 26 October 2007

"factorization"

Here's a bit of a Meta-post:
Regarding the spelling/usage of the word "factorization".
First off note that there is a synonym for "factorization", namely "factoring" - however since this also has a completely unrelated meaning (financial of some sort IIRC), I generally tend to use the longer form, unless it would sound particularly ugly.
Similarly the verb can just be "to factor", instead of "to factorize", however in this case the correct (mathematical) meaning is usually clearer, since it will be associated with an object (eg C127_113_36).
In addition (just to add to the confusion :) there is an alternative _spelling_ of "factorization" as "factorisation" (in British English).

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