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Integration of Rational Functions

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• K. O. Geddes
• S. R. Czapor
• G. Labahn

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Abstract

The problem of indefinite integration is one of the easiest problems of mathematics to describe: given a function f(x), find a function g(x) such that g´(x) =f(x)

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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1992

Authors and Affiliations

• K. O. Geddes
  • 1
• S. R. Czapor
  • 2
• G. Labahn
  • 1

1. 1.University of WaterlooCanada
2. 2.Laurentian UniversityCanada