Is Apart[ .. ] the correct way for denominator splitting?
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- Subject: [mg58527] Is Apart[ .. ] the correct way for denominator splitting?
- From: Jos Bergervoet <Jos.MyName at Philips.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 03:11:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Philips Research Eindhoven
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
When I ask for: Apart[2/(x^2-1), x] I nicely get:
1/(x-1) - 1/(x+1)
But unfortunately Apart[2/(2x^2-1), x] does not give the same
splitting of the denominator ( it just gives back 2/(2x^2-1) ).
What is the correct way to see the denominator splitting with all
terms first order (as one would use for integration, etc.)
I found Andrzej Kozlowski's answer in message
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.math/msg/4c9741832668c3b7
from 2001, but I was wondering whether in the mean time a built-in
function might have been added?
-- Jos