A rational function can be rewritten using what is known as partial fraction
decomposition. This procedure often allows integration to be performed on each term
separately by inspection. For each factor of
the form
, introduce terms
(1)
|
For each factor of the form , introduce terms
(2)
|
Then write
(3)
|
and solve for the s and
s.
Partial fraction decomposition is implemented in the Wolfram Language as Apart.