Re: Factor Polynomials
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- Subject: [mg34285] Re: [mg34267] Factor Polynomials
- From: BobHanlon at aol.com
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 04:09:52 -0400 (EDT)
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In a message dated 5/13/02 6:09:06 AM, nletic at hotmail.com writes: >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. > x^2+y^2-2*x*y+x1^2+y1^2-2x1*y1//FullSimplify (x - y)^2 + (x1 - y1)^2 Bob Hanlon Chantilly, VA USA