A note on integration of rational functions

Jan Mařík

Mathematica Bohemica (1991)

  • Volume: 116, Issue: 4, page 405-411
  • ISSN: 0862-7959

Abstract

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Let and be polynomials in one variable with complex coefficients and let be a natural number. Suppose that is not constant and has only simple roots. Then there is a rational function with if and only if the Wronskian of the functions is divisible by .

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Mařík, Jan. "A note on integration of rational functions." Mathematica Bohemica 116.4 (1991): 405-411. <http://eudml.org/doc/29178>.

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References

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  1. G. H. Hardy, The integration of functions of a single variable, Second edition, Cambridge, 1928. (1928) 

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