Factor[1+x^4]
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- Subject: [mg26855] Factor[1+x^4]
- From: "Tom Cage" <k5gj at earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:13:31 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I would like to factor 1+x^4. Mathematica 3 will only respond with
In[1]:= Factor[1+x^4]
Out[2]= 1+x^4
Other systems will give the complex result
1+x^4 = (x+1/2*Sqrt(2)*I+1/2*Sqrt(2))*
(x+1/2*Sqrt(2)*I-1/2*Sqrt(2))*
(x-1/2*Sqrt(2)*I+1/2*Sqrt(2))*
(x-1/2*Sqrt(2)*I-1/2*Sqrt(2))
How would I factor 1+x^4 with Mathematica
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