Re: a fault in the Factor[] function for polynomials?
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- Subject: [mg70414] Re: a fault in the Factor[] function for polynomials?
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:34:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <egse02$cpp$1@smc.vnet.net>
Roger Bagula wrote: > Expand[(x^4 + 2*Sqrt[3]x^2 - 1)(x^4 - 2*Sqrt[3]x^2 - 1)] > 1 - 14x^4 + x^8 > Factor[%] > (1 - 4x^2 + x^4)(1 + 4x^2 + x^4) > In[1]:= expr1 = Expand[(x^4 + 2*Sqrt[3]*x^2 - 1)* (x^4 - 2*Sqrt[3]*x^2 - 1)] Out[1]= 4 8 1 - 14 x + x In[2]:= expr2 = Factor[expr1] Out[2]= 2 4 2 4 (1 - 4 x + x ) (1 + 4 x + x ) In[3]:= Simplify[expr1 == expr2] Out[3]= True