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sirinivas
Oct 8, 2010, 04:27 AM
split this into partial fraction
z/(z^2-1)(z^2+4)

ebaines
Oct 8, 2010, 08:52 AM
Do you mean this:


\frac z {(z^2-1)(z^2+4)}
?


Note that z^2-1 factors to (z+1)(z-1), so you need to find values of constants A, B, C, and D that sastify this:


\frac z {(z^2-1)(z^2+4)} = \frac A {z+1} + \frac B {z-1} + \frac {Cz + D} {{z^2 + 4}



Can you take it from here?