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== Will you please answer my question?! Will you please answer my question?! == In number theory ( http://www.answers.com/topic/number-theory ), integer factorization is the process of breaking down a composite number ( http://www.answers.com/topic/composite-number ) into smaller non-trivial integers ( http://www.answers.com/topic/divisor-2 ), which when multiplied together equal the original integer. Source:integer-factorization

== The prime factors of a positive integer are the prime numbers that divide into that integer exactly, without leaving a remainder.

The process of finding these numbers is called integer factorization, or prime factorization. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_factor

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All numbers have factors. Some factors are prime numbers. These are known as prime factors.

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