Integration of rational functions: Rational computation of the logarithmic part
β Scribed by D Lazard; R Rioboo
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 158 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0747-7171
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β¦ Synopsis
A new formula is given for the logarithmic part of the integral of a rational function, one that strongly improves previous algorithms and does not need any computation in an algebraic extension of the field of constants, nor any factorisation since only polynomial arithmetic and GCD computations are used. This formula was independently found and implemented in SCRATCHPAD by B. M. Trager.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The paper presents four rectifying transformations that can be applied to the integration of a real rational expression of trigonometric functions. Integration is with respect to a real variable. The transformations remove, from the real line, discontinuities and singularities that would otherwise a
It will be shown that for rational functions the logarithmic part of the integral can be computed in a very simple manner by Buchberger's algorithm.