Factoring can refer to the following: *

Factoring (finance) Factoring is a financial transaction and a type of debtor finance in which a business ''sells'' its accounts receivable (i.e., invoices) to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.O. Ray Whittington, CPA, PhD, "Financial Accounting and ...

, a form of commercial finance *

Factorization In mathematics, factorization (or factorisation, see American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), English spelling differences) or factoring consists of writing a number or another mathematical object as a p ...

, the mathematical concept of splitting an object into multiple parts multiplied together *

Integer factorization In number theory, integer factorization is the decomposition of a composite number into a product of smaller integers. If these factors are further restricted to prime numbers, the process is called prime factorization. When the numbers are suf ...

, splitting a whole number into the product of smaller whole numbers *

Decomposition (computer science) Decomposition in computer science, also known as factoring, is breaking a complex problem or system into parts that are easier to conceive, understand, program, and maintain. Overview There are different types of decomposition defined in compu ...

* A rule in resolution theorem proving, see Resolution (logic)#Factoring

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