powerful number

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pouər-fəl nŭmbər
  • Hyphenation: pow‧er‧ful num‧ber

Noun

Examples (mathematics)

144000 = 27 × 32 × 53
= 23 × 24 × 32 × 53
= (2 × 5)3 × (22 × 3)2

144000 is a powerful number.
Every exponent in its prime factorization is larger than 1.
It is the product of a square and a cube.

powerful number (plural powerful numbers)

  1. (mathematics) A positive integer m such that for every prime number p dividing m, p2 also divides m. Equivalently, it is the product of a square and a cube.

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