Algebraic factoring and rational function integration

  • Authors:
  • Barry M. Trager

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • SYMSAC '76 Proceedings of the third ACM symposium on Symbolic and algebraic computation
  • Year:
  • 1976

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Abstract

This paper presents a new, simple, and efficient algorithm for factoring polynomials in several variables over an algebraic number field. The algorithm is then used iteratively, to construct the splitting field of a polynomial over the integers. Finally the factorization and splitting field algorithms are applied to the problem of determining the transcendental part of the integral of a rational function. In particular, a constructive procedure is given for finding the least degree extension field in which the integral can be expressed.