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 RationalFunctionQ

Source Notebook

Determine whether an expression represents a rational function of a given set of variables

Contributed by: Wolfram Staff

ResourceFunction["RationalFunctionQ"][expr,var]

returns True if expr is a rational function of the symbol var, and returns False otherwise.

ResourceFunction["RationalFunctionQ"][expr,{var1,var2, …}]

returns True if expr is a rational function of each of the symbols vari and returns False otherwise.

Examples

Basic Examples (5) 

Test whether an expression represents a rational function of a given variable:

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ResourceFunction["RationalFunctionQ"][(x^2 + 1)/(x - a), x]
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Test a different expression:

In[2]:=
ResourceFunction["RationalFunctionQ"][x Exp[x] + 1, x]
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Test for rationality with respect to a list of variables:

In[3]:=
ResourceFunction["RationalFunctionQ"][(x^2 + 1) Log[y]/(x - a), {x}]
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Test another expression for rationality with respect to a list of variables:

In[4]:=
ResourceFunction[ "RationalFunctionQ"][(x^2 + 1) Log[y]/(x - a), {x, y}]
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Test another expression for rationality with respect to a list of variables:

In[5]:=
ResourceFunction["RationalFunctionQ"][(x^2 y + y^3)/(x - y), {x, y}]
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Possible Issues (1) 

Expressions which are constant with respect to a variable are considered rational:

In[6]:=
ResourceFunction["RationalFunctionQ"][a Log[x], {y}]
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In[7]:=
ResourceFunction["RationalFunctionQ"][(x^2 + 1)/(x - a), {x, y}]
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Version History

  • 2.0.0 – 10 July 2019
  • 1.0.0 – 05 March 2019

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