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Prime Factorisation and Combinatorics [#permalink]
 03 Oct 2010, 07:50
Hi all,
From MGMAT: Factors of a number can be found by building all the possible products of the prime factors...
It seems to me that this lends itself to using combinatorics to calculate the NUMBER of possible factors of a number… You would find the prime factors then find all the different combinations of the prime factors? Can someone please confirm this is correct?
Thanks
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Re: Prime Factorisation and Combinatorics [#permalink]
03 Oct 2010, 11:40
n2739178 wrote: Hi all,
From MGMAT: Factors of a number can be found by building all the possible products of the prime factors...
It seems to me that this lends itself to using combinatorics to calculate the NUMBER of possible factors of a number… You would find the prime factors then find all the different combinations of the prime factors? Can someone please confirm this is correct?
Thanks Yes, you are correct I have explained here how you may do this, and derived the formula for it in general using combinatorics.
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Re: Prime Factorisation and Combinatorics [#permalink]
03 Oct 2010, 11:55
Fantastic - thanks heaps!
I see you live in London - I do as well. Are you attending LBS or have attended it by any chance?
Thanks.
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Re: Prime Factorisation and Combinatorics [#permalink]
03 Oct 2010, 11:58
fellow Londoner ! i work here ... i have flirted with the idea of going to school this year, but don't think I am applying yet
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Re: Prime Factorisation and Combinatorics [#permalink]
06 Oct 2010, 15:14
shrouded1: with a GMAT of 760, you'd be straight into LBS surely?!
Still have to take my GMAT... completely lost on what strategy i should take for studying.
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Re: Prime Factorisation and Combinatorics [#permalink]
06 Oct 2010, 15:19
I have bigger demons to slay I already have a job that most MBAs look to get post degree ... This summer if it wasnt for some unforseen plans, I was supposed to be one of the intern mentors (which included MBAs, my team had someone from INSEAD I think) ! So for me the task really is to have a new goal in mind if I want to do an MBA ... when I want to leave finance I'll probably go for the MBA, within this field, the degree is not a value add for me. Plus the opportunity cost of lost income is very high as well.
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Re: Prime Factorisation and Combinatorics [#permalink]
25 Oct 2010, 12:40
Fair enough then - if you're already in finance etc. and slaying the £££'s then maybe no point doing an MBA!
best of luck
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