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Re: Factor Polynomials

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  • Subject: [mg34289] Re: [mg34267] Factor Polynomials
  • From: Adriano Pascoletti <pascolet at dimi.uniud.it>
  • Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 04:09:57 -0400 (EDT)
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At 5:54 -0400 13-05-2002, Nikola wrote:
>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

Nikola,

FullSimplify[x^2 + y^2 - 2 x y + x1^2 + y1^2 - 2x1 y1]

yields

(x - y)^2 + (x1 - y1)^2

Adriano Pascoletti



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