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FactorTerms

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• Subject: [mg46053] FactorTerms
• From: carlos at colorado.edu (Carlos Felippa)
• Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:19:06 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Suppose I have the polynomial

PA=16*a0 + 16*a1*z + 16*a2*z^2 + 16*a3*z^3 + 16*a4*z^4;

FactorTerms[PA]

produces

16*(a0 + a1*z + a2*z^2 + a3*z^3 + a4*z^4)

How do I extract the 16 and the (...)?