Decomposition (disambiguation)

Last updated February 07, 2025

Biology and ecology

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

Decomposition, decompose may also refer to:

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

Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition, a statistical method that explains the difference in the means of a dependent variable between two groups.

Decomposition of time series, a statistical task that deconstructs a time series into several components
Doob decomposition theorem of an integrable, discrete-time stochastic process
Doob–Meyer decomposition theorem of a continuous-time sub- or supermartingale
Fourier decomposition, re-expressing a given periodic function as the sum of a series of trigonometric functions
Graph decomposition, partition of the edge set of a graph
Hahn decomposition theorem of a measure space
- Jordan decomposition theorem of a signed measure
Helmholtz decomposition, decomposition of a vector field
Indecomposable continuum
Lebesgue's decomposition theorem, decomposition of a measure
Lie group decomposition, used to analyse the structure of Lie groups and associated objects
Manifold decomposition, decomposition of manifolds
- JSJ decomposition, or toral decomposition, a decomposition of 3-manifolds
Matrix decomposition, a factorization of a matrix into a product of matrices
- LU decomposition, a type of matrix factorization
Permutation decomposition, decomposition of a permutation into disjoint cycles
Primary decomposition, decomposition of ideals into primary ideals
Tree decomposition, homomorphism of a graph to a tree
Vector decomposition, decomposition of vectors into components or coordinates of basis vectors
Wavelet decomposition, re-expressing a given function as the sum of a series of wavelet functions

Decomposition (computer science), or factoring; the process of breaking a complex problem down into easily understood and achievable parts
- Decomposition method (disambiguation), solutions of various problems and design of algorithms
- Functional decomposition, expressing a function as the composition of two functions
Semantic decomposition (natural language processing)
Decompositions: Volume Number One , the second studio album by American screamo band Circle Takes the Square
Zersetzung , or decomposition, a debilitative psychological warfare technique utilised by the Stasi intelligence agency in East Germany