Partial fractions
What Partial fractions means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA, WJEC.
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Reference: WJEC
Simpler fractions into which a proper algebraic fraction is decomposed, facilitating integration and binomial expansion.
Splitting a rational expression into fractions with linear denominators before integrating each term.
The expression of a rational function as a sum of simpler rational fractions after factorising its denominator.
Topics that use Partial fractions
- B: Algebra and functions (AQA A-Level)
- H: Integration (AQA A-Level)
- Algebra and Functions (A2 Unit 3: Pure Mathematics B) (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- repeated linear factors
- Accumulation functions and their derivatives
- algebraic division
- Algebraic rearrangement and factorisation
- Antiderivative
- Area between curves
- Area under a curve
- Asymptote
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