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    • Extremality of Prime Factorization

      K S Mallikarjuna Rao

      General Article Volume 26 Issue 12 December 2021 pp 1643-1648

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    • Keywords

       

      Prime factorization, geometric optimization.

    • Abstract

       

      Viewing the factorization of a number as an optimization problem, we show that prime factorization corresponds to the optimal solution.

      ``... immense beauty of the prime numbers and the endless surprises which they have in store for us'' -- -- Don Zagier

    • Author Affiliations

       

      K S Mallikarjuna Rao1

      1. K. S. Mallikarjuna Rao, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India.

    • Dates

       
      Published
      15 December 2021

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