* Troumad <troumad@libertysurf.fr> [2005-11-03 16:57:37 +0100]:
> I'm french and I don't speak english, but i try...
> I will like to be able to factorize fractions like x²-2, but that does
> not go because the root is not whole, it's sqrt(2). It's good with x²-4
> because the root is 2 !
>
>
I don't know if there is a way to get (x-sqrt(2))*(x+sqrt(2))
directly; I typically do a two step approach:
factor(x^2-2,a^2-2);
subst(sqrt(2),a,%);
Milan
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