HP 48gII The FCOEF function, The PROPFRAC function, The PARTFRAC function

The PROPFRAC function

The function PROPFRAC converts a rational fraction into a “proper” fraction, i.e., an integer part added to a fractional part, if such decomposition is possible. For example:

PROPFRAC(‘5/4’) = ‘1+1/4’

PROPFRAC(‘(x^2+1)/x^2’) = ‘1+1/x^2’

The PARTFRAC function

The function PARTFRAC decomposes a rational fraction into the partial fractions that produce the original fraction. For example:

PARTFRAC(‘(2*X^6-14*X^5+29*X^4-37*X^3+41*X^2-16*X+5)/(X^5- 7*X^4+11*X^3-7*X^2+10*X)’) =

‘2*X+(1/2/(X-2)+5/(X-5)+1/2/X+X/(X^2+1))’

The FCOEF function

The function FCOEF is used to obtain a rational fraction, given the roots and poles of the fraction.

Note: If a rational fraction is given as F(X) = N(X)/D(X), the roots of the fraction result from solving the equation N(X) = 0, while the poles result from solving the equation D(X) = 0.

The input for the function is a vector listing the roots followed by their multiplicity (i.e., how many times a given root is repeated), and the poles followed by their multiplicity represented as a negative number. For example, if we want to create a fraction having roots 2 with multiplicity 1, 0 with multiplicity 3, and -5 with multiplicity 2, and poles 1 with multiplicity 2 and –3 with multiplicity 5, use:

FCOEF([2 1 0 3 –5 2 1 -2 -3 -5]) = ‘(X—5)^2*X^3*(X-2)/9X—3)^5*(X-1)^2’

If you press µyou will get:

‘(X^6+8*X^5+5*X^4-50*X^3)/(X^7+13*X^6+61*X^5+105*X^4-45*X^3- 297*X62-81*X+243)’

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