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  • Jun 15, 2011, 05:13 PM
    Pratik_Pradhan
    Can anyone help me out factorizing 2*a^2*b^2+2*b^2*c^2+2*a^2*c^2-a^4-b^4-c^4 ?
    This question is related to Mathematics which I got while deriving a relation.
  • Jun 16, 2011, 07:53 AM
    jcaron2
    I think the simplest way to write it would be:



    If all the signs were the same it would be easy (that second term would go away), but since the signs are opposite for the 2nd-degree terms and the 4th-degree terms, there isn't much you can do.

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