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number field

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number field [′nəm·bər ‚fēld]
(mathematics)
Any set of real or complex numbers that includes the sum, difference, product, and quotient (except division by zero) of any two members of the set.


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Using a worldwide network of computers and a sophisticated mathematical technique called the Number Field Sieve, Herman te Riele of the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) in Amsterdam and his coworkers succeeded in factoring a 155-digit number into two 78-digit primes.
EDI standards only care about how many characters are in your purchase-order number field, and so forth.
 
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