Re: Factor Polynomials
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- Subject: [mg34307] Re: Factor Polynomials
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 04:11:19 -0400 (EDT)
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Nikola:
FullSimplify[x^2+y^2-2 x y+x1^2+y1^2-2x1 y1]
(x - y)^2 + (x1 - y1)^2
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"Nikola" <nletic at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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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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