11.1.20 List of factors
The
factors
command provides the factors of a polynomial as a list.
factors
takes
P
, a polynomial or a list of polynomials.
factors(
P
)
returns a list containing the factors of
P
and their exponents, or a list of such lists.
Examples
factors
(
x
^2+2*
x
+1)
⎡
⎣
x
+1,2
⎤
⎦
factors
(
x
^4-2*
x
^2+1)
⎡
⎣
x
−1,2,
x
+1,2
⎤
⎦
factors
([
x
^3-2*
x
^2+1,
x
^2-
x
])
⎡
⎢
⎣
x
−1
1
x
2
−
x
−1
1
x
1
x
−1
1
⎤
⎥
⎦
factors
([
x
^2,
x
^2-1])
⎡
⎣
⎡
⎣
x
,2
⎤
⎦
,
⎡
⎣
x
−1,1,
x
+1,1
⎤
⎦
⎤
⎦
