FACTORIZE

[GENERIC-FUNCTION]

OM 6.1
Function Reference

ARGUMENTS:

- number

an integer

[default = 100]

Description:

Returns the prime decomposition of <number> in the form ((prime1 exponent1) (prime2 exponent2) ...)
Primes known to the system are the 1230 primes ranging from 1 to 9973.

Ex. (factorize 100) => ((2 2) (5 2)) [100 = 2^2 * 5^2]