Not bad -- for the advanced student, again.

"Identification" or "unique identification" might be better for beginners.

(because we know what kind of factorisation takes place) is better
than de-duplication.

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At 10:33 PM 8/27/2006, you wrote:
> From memory, in mathematics taking one element from each class of
>equivalence is called factorisation using this specific equivalence
>relation.
>
>So, we may call it "identity factorisation" -- can somebody offer
>something better?

Not bad -- for the advanced student, again.

"Identification" or "unique identification" might be better for beginners.

Wendell (still pretending to be Arbiter Linguae Anglorum Omnium)