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Zeeshan 01

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Partial Fraction History

In algebra, the partial fraction decomposition or partial fraction expansion of a rational function (that is, a fraction such that the numerator and the denominator are both polynomials) is the operation that consists in expressing the fraction as a sum of a polynomial (possibly zero) and one or several fractions with a simpler denominator.

The importance of the partial fraction decomposition lies in the fact that it provides an algorithm for computing the antiderivative of a rational function. The concept was discovered in 1702 by both Johann Bernoulli and Gottfried Leibniz independently.

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Malik

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Re: Partial Fraction History

Hi;

https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/part … tions.html

They are used for lots of things but two things come to mind quickly, sums and integrals.

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