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Word: irreducible (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • of a representation impossible to divide further into representations of lower dimension by means of any similarity transformation
  • of an integer Unable to be factored into smaller integers; prime.
  • of a polynomial Unable to be factorized into polynomials of lower degree, as ''(x^2 + 1)''.
  • Not able to be brought to a simpler or reduced form.
  • Not able to be reduced or lessened.
  • of a manifold Not containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.

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Noun:

  • maths Such a polynomial

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