The sqrfree command provides squarefree factorizations of polynomials; that is, it factors a polynomial as a product of powers of coprime factors, where each factor has roots of multiplicity 1 (in other words, a factor and its derivative are coprime).
sqrfree((x^2-1)*(x-1)*(x+2)) |
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sqrfree((x^2-1)^2*(x-1)*(x+2)^2) |
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