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Partial Fractions Associated with Quadratic Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Extract

The determination of the group of partial fractions corresponding to the powers of a linear factor x+b in the denominator of a rational function f (x)/{(x+b)nφ(x)} is one of the comparatively rare algebraic problems whose theoretical solutions are feasible in practice. The numerator of (x+b)nr is the coefficient of yr in the expansion of f(−b+y)/φ(−b+y), and the calculation of the group of numerators is effected by means of two Horner transformations followed by one division, which can of course be arranged synthetically; no operation need be taken further than the term in yn−1, whatever the degrees of f(x) and φ(x).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1922

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