>*Factorisation is unique* // Um, no it isn't. 6, 4 are factors of 24; 2, 12... | Hacker News

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		pbhjpbhj on May 14, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Every odd number greater than five is the sum of t... >Factorisation is unique // Um, no it isn't. 6, 4 are factors of 24; 2, 12 are factors of 24. Probably you meant prime decomposition.

ramidarigaz on May 14, 2013 [–]

I think he means that prime factorization is unique (which is true).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_theorem_of_arithmet...

pbhjpbhj on May 14, 2013 | [–]

Isn't that what I said?

ramidarigaz on May 15, 2013 | | [–]

I could have sworn that last sentence wasn't there (my bad).

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