Maxima Function
partfrac (expr, var)
Expands the expression expr in partial fractions
with respect to the main variable var. partfrac
does a complete
partial fraction decomposition. The algorithm employed is based on
the fact that the denominators of the partial fraction expansion (the
factors of the original denominator) are relatively prime. The
numerators can be written as linear combinations of denominators, and
the expansion falls out.
(%i1) 1/(1+x)^2 - 2/(1+x) + 2/(2+x); 2 2 1 (%o1) ----- - ----- + -------- x + 2 x + 1 2 (x + 1) (%i2) ratsimp (%); x (%o2) - ------------------- 3 2 x + 4 x + 5 x + 2 (%i3) partfrac (%, x); 2 2 1 (%o3) ----- - ----- + -------- x + 2 x + 1 2 (x + 1)