A rewriting of a given quantity (e.g., a matrix) in terms of a combination of "simpler" quantities.
Decomposition
See also
Cholesky Decomposition, Composition, Connected Sum Decomposition, Jaco-Shalen-Johannson Torus Decomposition, LU Decomposition, Prime Factorization, QR Decomposition, Singular Value DecompositionExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Decomposition." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Decomposition.html