Re: help: rewriting a fraction a/b==c/d + e/f
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- Subject: [mg31018] Re: [mg31000] help: rewriting a fraction a/b==c/d + e/f
- From: Daniel Lichtblau <danl at wolfram.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 01:20:54 -0400 (EDT)
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Okke wrote:
>
> hello,
> i'm trying the mathematica demo by doing some basic mathematics.
> now i'm stuck at rewritting a fraction.
> could somebody please help me by telling me how to rewrite:
>
> 1/((x-1)(x^2+x+1)) to A/(x-1) + (Bx+C)/(x^2+x+1)
> or do i have to do that manualy?
In[5]:= Apart[1/((x-1)(x^2+x+1)), x]
1 -2 - x
Out[5]= ---------- + --------------
3 (-1 + x) 2
3 (1 + x + x )
> and can mathematica find the values for A, B and C ?
> Solve[eqn1==eq2,{A}] doesnt solve the problem, and subsituting
> x with 1 doesnt either.
>
> tia,
> --
> Okke <kroosu at tref.nl>
You want to find {A,B,C} for which the identity holds for all x. This
may be accomplished with SolveAlways and corrected syntax (Bx is an
"atomic" variable, not equivalent to B*x).
In[6]:= SolveAlways[1/((x-1)(x^2+x+1)) == A/(x-1) + (B*x+C)/(x^2+x+1),
x]
1 1 2
Out[6]= {{A -> -, B -> -(-), C -> -(-)}}
3 3 3
Daniel Lichtblau
Wolfram Research
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- From: kroosu@tref.nl (Okke)
- help: rewriting a fraction a/b==c/d + e/f