rational function

noun, Mathematics.

a function that can be written as the quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.

Origin of rational function

1880-1885

First recorded in 1880-85

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We have then the theorem that every rational symmetrical function of the roots is a rational function of the coefficients.

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If any rational function be changed The fundamental theorem in regard to the rationality group.

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