Decomposition (disambiguation)

Biology and ecology

Decomposition is the process through which organic matter is broken down into simpler molecules.

Decomposition, decompose may also refer to:

Chemistry

• Chemical decomposition or analysis, in chemistry, is the fragmentation of a chemical compound into elements or smaller compounds
  • Thermal decomposition, a chemical decomposition caused by heat

Mathematics

• Manifold decomposition, decomposition of manifolds
  • JSJ decomposition, or toral decomposition, a decomposition of 3-manifolds
• Matrix decomposition, decomposition of matrices
• Vector decomposition, decomposition of vectors
• Helmholtz decomposition, decomposition of a vector field
• Lebesgue's decomposition theorem, decomposition of a measure
• Hahn decomposition of a measure space
• Hahn–Jordan decomposition of a signed measure
• Doob decomposition of an integrable, discrete-time stochastic process
• Doob–Meyer decomposition of a continuous-time sub- or supermartingale
• Lie group decomposition, used to analyse the structure of Lie groups and associated objects
• Indecomposable continuum
• Indecomposability

Other uses

• Decomposition (computer science), or factoring; the process of breaking a complex problem down into easily understood and achievable parts
• Decompositions: Volume Number One, the second studio album by American screamo band Circle Takes the Square

See also

• Decomposition method (disambiguation)
• Decay (disambiguation)
• Spoilage (disambiguation)