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Factor Polynomials

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• Subject: [mg34267] Factor Polynomials
• From: "Nikola" <nletic at hotmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 05:54:08 -0400 (EDT)
• Reply-to: "Nikola" <nletic at hotmail.com>
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Hi,
how can I factor polynomials like these:
x^2+y^2-2 x y+x1^2 +y1^2-2x1 y1
so I get result:
(x-y)^2+(x1-y1)^2
Factor and other similar functions don't do anything in this case.
Thanks
Nikola

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