User talk:Shrohaneinstein

Hello.

I think in this edit, you missed the point. Uniqueness in this case does not mean that two different composite numbers can have the same factorization, but rather that two different prime factorizations can have the same composite number as their product.

So suppose we try to factor 392863. It is claimed that
 * 392863 = 667 &times; 589

and
 * 392867 = 551 &times; 713.

If 667, 589, 551, and 713 were prime, then we would not have unique factorization. (But as it happens, all four of those numbers are composite.) Michael Hardy (talk) 05:22, 3 July 2012 (UTC)