irreducible

/ˌɪɹɪˈdjuːsɪbəl/adj
High School
1

Not able to be reduced or lessened.

2

Not able to be brought to a simpler or reduced form.

3

Unable to be factorized into polynomials of lower degree, as (x² + 1).

4

Whose numerator and denominator share no common factor greater than 1.

5

Unable to be factored into smaller integers; prime.

6

Whose only divisors are units and associates.

7

Inexpressible as the union of two proper algebraic subvarieties.

8

Not containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.

9

Impossible to divide further into representations of lower dimension by means of any similarity transformation.

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