Factoring Real Numbers

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Given any positive real number , there exist some positive real numbers
,
, …,
, all less than 4, with
and
and also
,
, and so on. This factorization is unique. This Demonstration shows the factorization of numbers from 4 to 50, showing up to three decimals of the factors.
Contributed by: Jaime Rangel-Mondragon (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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T. O. Adewoye, "A Curious Factorisation," The Mathematical Gazette, 71(458), 1987 pp. 258–261.
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"Factoring Real Numbers"
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Published: March 7 2011