Question: what is prime factorization in exponential form?
Answer: Write the unique factors by writing the exponents only up until the zeros start repeating. So 100 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 can be written as 2 0 2 and 147 = 3 x 7 x 7 can be written as 0 1 0 2. Written this way each factorization is unique.