reducible

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Antonyms 1.1.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

reducible (comparative more reducible, superlative most reducible)

1. Capable of being reduced.
2. (mathematics, of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as x² − 1.
3. (mathematics, of an integer) Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.
4. (topology, of a manifold) Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.

[edit] Antonyms

• irreducible

[edit] Derived terms

• many-one reducible
• one-one reducible
• reducibility