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Re: Factor Polynomials

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  • Subject: [mg34312] Re: Factor Polynomials
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 04:12:37 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,


In[]:=x^2 + y^2 - 2 x y + x1^2 + y1^2 - 2x1 y1 // FullSimplify


Out[]=(x - y)^2 + (x1 - y1)^2


Regards
  Jens

Nikola wrote:
> 
> 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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