Re: st: the factors of the product of prime numbers

[keith Farnsworth <k.farnsworth@qub.ac.uk>]

I would recommend using mathematical software like Mathematica for that 
one.
In Mathematica you can use the function FactorInteger[your number]  to 
get a list of the integer factors of your number.
I have no idea how or even if Stata could do such a thing.

Keith.


On Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at 11:35 Europe/Dublin, sdm1@york.ac.uk wrote:


> Hi, I have a variable which is always the product of two or more prime 
> numbers. Is there a relatively easy way to find its constituent prime 
> factors?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve
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