Re: Factors and Terms

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

From: Richard Jackson <richardjackson@richardjackson.net>
> I must be confused.
> Please humor me and identify the numbers (other than 1 and 7) that, when
> multiplied together, equal 7

I couldn't resist Richard (sorry), so here are a few:

(1 + sqrt(-6)) and (1 - sqrt(-6))
3.5 and 2
-7 and -1

My point is that you either are VERY precise ('positive integers'
instead of 'numbers') or you rely on convention to supply that
context and convention degrees that 1 is a divisor but not a factor
and that 7 is a factor but not a divisor.

:-)
there, I humored you.





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