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CompleteTheSquare

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Complete the square of a quadratic polynomial having any number of variables but with no mixed terms

Contributed by: Dennis M Schneider

ResourceFunction["CompleteTheSquare"][quad,vars]

completes the square of the quadratic polynomial quad in the variables vars that has no mixed terms.

Examples

Basic Examples (5)

Complete the square of a quadratic polynomial in x:

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Complete the square in x of a quadratic polynomial in x and y:

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Complete the square in both x and y:

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$ResourceFunction["CompleteTheSquare"][ x^2 + 2 x + 2 y^2 + 7 y == 14, {x, y}]$

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Symbolic coefficients are allowed:

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$ResourceFunction["CompleteTheSquare"][a x^2 + b x + \[Pi], x]$

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Complete the square symbolically for a trivariate quadratic polynomial:

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$ResourceFunction[ "CompleteTheSquare"][(a + c)^3 x^2 + b x + 2 \[Pi] y^2 + 7 y - 14 + z^2 + (a + z)^2 == \[Pi] + Sin[2], {x, y, z}]$

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Possible Issues (3)

If the expression is not a polynomial, an error message is returned:

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$ResourceFunction["CompleteTheSquare"][ Exp[x^2] + c x + y^2 + y + 1, {x, y}]$

If the expression is not a polynomial of degree 2, an error message is returned:

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$ResourceFunction["CompleteTheSquare"][c x + y^3 + y + 1, {x, y}]$

If the polynomial contains mixed terms, an error message is returned:

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$ResourceFunction["CompleteTheSquare"][c x y + y^2 + y + 1, {x, y}]$

Publisher

Dennis M Schneider

Version History

1.0.0 – 09 August 2019

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License Information

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