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Reducible vs Interreducible - What's the difference?

reducible | interreducible |

As adjectives the difference between reducible and interreducible

is that reducible is capable of being reduced while interreducible is describing matrices that are mutually reducible.

reducible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being reduced.
  • (mathematics, of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as x^2-1.
  • (mathematics, of an integer) Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.
  • (topology, of a manifold) Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.

    • Antonyms

    * irreducible * increasable

    Derived terms

    * many-one reducible * one-one reducible * reducibility

    interreducible

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics) Describing matrices that are mutually reducible