How to quickly solve partial fractions equation?












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Often I am dealing with an integral of let's say:



$$intfrac{dt}{(t-2)(t+3)}$$



or



$$int frac{dt}{t(t-4)}$$



or to make this a more general case in which I am interested the most:



$$int frac{dt}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)} quad quad alpha, beta in mathbb{R}$$



Basically any integral with decomposed polynomial of second degree in the denominator. Obviously this leads to sum of two natural logarithms.



What I do is write down partial fractions equation and then solve system of linear equations (2 variables here):



$$frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)} = frac{A}{t+alpha} + frac{B}{t+beta}$$



After solving this I end up with some $A, B$ coefficients and I can solve the integral.



Is there faster way to find $A, B$ ? Some algorithm or anything that I can follow and would always work for such case? Surely, solving that does not take much time but I just wonder if it could be done even faster.



(bonus question: what if there were more variables, like 3 variables?)



I would greatly appreciate all feedback as it could help me save countless number of minutes in the future.






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    Don't you mean find $A,B$? $alpha,beta$ are usually given.
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    Yes. Fixed. Thank you!
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    Also when I think about it, I wonder if there's even a general method (beyond the one you referred to). I can see very easily a general solution for when (i) the numerator is $1$ (ii) $alpha ne beta$ (iii) we only have a product of two factors in the denominator, but that's such a narrow set of circumstances that I wonder if it's worth it. Maybe someone has a more general form though.
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$begingroup$


Often I am dealing with an integral of let's say:



$$intfrac{dt}{(t-2)(t+3)}$$



or



$$int frac{dt}{t(t-4)}$$



or to make this a more general case in which I am interested the most:



$$int frac{dt}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)} quad quad alpha, beta in mathbb{R}$$



Basically any integral with decomposed polynomial of second degree in the denominator. Obviously this leads to sum of two natural logarithms.



What I do is write down partial fractions equation and then solve system of linear equations (2 variables here):



$$frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)} = frac{A}{t+alpha} + frac{B}{t+beta}$$



After solving this I end up with some $A, B$ coefficients and I can solve the integral.



Is there faster way to find $A, B$ ? Some algorithm or anything that I can follow and would always work for such case? Surely, solving that does not take much time but I just wonder if it could be done even faster.



(bonus question: what if there were more variables, like 3 variables?)



I would greatly appreciate all feedback as it could help me save countless number of minutes in the future.






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    Don't you mean find $A,B$? $alpha,beta$ are usually given.
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    – Eevee Trainer
    3 hours ago










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    Yes. Fixed. Thank you!
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    – weno
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    Also when I think about it, I wonder if there's even a general method (beyond the one you referred to). I can see very easily a general solution for when (i) the numerator is $1$ (ii) $alpha ne beta$ (iii) we only have a product of two factors in the denominator, but that's such a narrow set of circumstances that I wonder if it's worth it. Maybe someone has a more general form though.
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Often I am dealing with an integral of let's say:



$$intfrac{dt}{(t-2)(t+3)}$$



or



$$int frac{dt}{t(t-4)}$$



or to make this a more general case in which I am interested the most:



$$int frac{dt}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)} quad quad alpha, beta in mathbb{R}$$



Basically any integral with decomposed polynomial of second degree in the denominator. Obviously this leads to sum of two natural logarithms.



What I do is write down partial fractions equation and then solve system of linear equations (2 variables here):



$$frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)} = frac{A}{t+alpha} + frac{B}{t+beta}$$



After solving this I end up with some $A, B$ coefficients and I can solve the integral.



Is there faster way to find $A, B$ ? Some algorithm or anything that I can follow and would always work for such case? Surely, solving that does not take much time but I just wonder if it could be done even faster.



(bonus question: what if there were more variables, like 3 variables?)



I would greatly appreciate all feedback as it could help me save countless number of minutes in the future.






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Often I am dealing with an integral of let's say:



$$intfrac{dt}{(t-2)(t+3)}$$



or



$$int frac{dt}{t(t-4)}$$



or to make this a more general case in which I am interested the most:



$$int frac{dt}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)} quad quad alpha, beta in mathbb{R}$$



Basically any integral with decomposed polynomial of second degree in the denominator. Obviously this leads to sum of two natural logarithms.



What I do is write down partial fractions equation and then solve system of linear equations (2 variables here):



$$frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)} = frac{A}{t+alpha} + frac{B}{t+beta}$$



After solving this I end up with some $A, B$ coefficients and I can solve the integral.



Is there faster way to find $A, B$ ? Some algorithm or anything that I can follow and would always work for such case? Surely, solving that does not take much time but I just wonder if it could be done even faster.



(bonus question: what if there were more variables, like 3 variables?)



I would greatly appreciate all feedback as it could help me save countless number of minutes in the future.






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    Don't you mean find $A,B$? $alpha,beta$ are usually given.
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    Yes. Fixed. Thank you!
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    – weno
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    Also when I think about it, I wonder if there's even a general method (beyond the one you referred to). I can see very easily a general solution for when (i) the numerator is $1$ (ii) $alpha ne beta$ (iii) we only have a product of two factors in the denominator, but that's such a narrow set of circumstances that I wonder if it's worth it. Maybe someone has a more general form though.
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    $begingroup$
    Don't you mean find $A,B$? $alpha,beta$ are usually given.
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    – Eevee Trainer
    3 hours ago










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    Yes. Fixed. Thank you!
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    – weno
    3 hours ago










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    Also when I think about it, I wonder if there's even a general method (beyond the one you referred to). I can see very easily a general solution for when (i) the numerator is $1$ (ii) $alpha ne beta$ (iii) we only have a product of two factors in the denominator, but that's such a narrow set of circumstances that I wonder if it's worth it. Maybe someone has a more general form though.
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Don't you mean find $A,B$? $alpha,beta$ are usually given.
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– Eevee Trainer
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Don't you mean find $A,B$? $alpha,beta$ are usually given.
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Yes. Fixed. Thank you!
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– weno
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Yes. Fixed. Thank you!
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Also when I think about it, I wonder if there's even a general method (beyond the one you referred to). I can see very easily a general solution for when (i) the numerator is $1$ (ii) $alpha ne beta$ (iii) we only have a product of two factors in the denominator, but that's such a narrow set of circumstances that I wonder if it's worth it. Maybe someone has a more general form though.
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Also when I think about it, I wonder if there's even a general method (beyond the one you referred to). I can see very easily a general solution for when (i) the numerator is $1$ (ii) $alpha ne beta$ (iii) we only have a product of two factors in the denominator, but that's such a narrow set of circumstances that I wonder if it's worth it. Maybe someone has a more general form though.
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Unless I am misunderstanding the question, by "root rotation" (when $beta neq alpha$):



$$frac{1}{(t + alpha)(t + beta)} = frac{A}{t + alpha} + frac{B}{t + beta}$$



$$1 = A(t + beta) + B(t + alpha)$$



Evaluating $beta$ for $t$:



$$1 = B(alpha - beta)$$



$$B = frac{1}{alpha - beta}$$



Similarly, for $A$, sub in $-alpha$:



$$1 = A(beta - alpha)$$



$$A = frac{1}{beta - alpha}$$






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    Unless that takes you too much time, would you be able to derive formulas for $A, B, C$, please? Function of form $frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)(t+gamma)}$ and $alpha neq beta neq gamma$
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If your fraction is in form of $$ frac {1}{(t-alpha_1)(t-alpha_2)(t-alpha_3)...(t-alpha_k)}$$ where the $alpha s$ are different, there is an easy way to find the partial fraction decomposition.



Let $t=alpha_i$ and cover $(t-alpha_i)$ while evaluating the above fraction to get your $A_i$



For example $$ frac{1}{(t-1)(t-3)(t+4)} = frac {A_1}{(t-1)} + frac{ A_2}{(t-3)} +frac { A_3}{(t+4)}$$
Where $$A_1 = frac {1}{(1-3)(1+4)}=frac{-1}{10}$$
$$A_2 = frac {1}{(3-1)(3+4)} = frac{1}{14}$$



$$A_3=frac {1}{(-4-1)(-4-3)}=frac{1}{35}$$






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    Here's your answer
    for general $n$.



    $dfrac1{prod_{k=1}^n (x-a_k)}
    =sum_{k=1}^n dfrac{b_k}{x-a_k}
    $    .



    Therefore
    $1
    =sum_{k=1}^n dfrac{b_kprod_{j=1}^n (x-a_j)}{x-a_k}
    =sum_{k=1}^n b_kprod_{j=1, jne k}^n (x-a_j)
    $    .



    Setting
    $x = a_i$
    for each $i$,
    all the terms
    except the one with $k=i$
    have the factor $a_i-a_i$,
    so
    $1 = b_iprod_{j=1, jne i}^n (a_i-a_j)
    $
    so that
    $b_i
    =dfrac1{prod_{j=1, jne i}^n (a_i-a_j)}
    $    .



    For $n=2$,
    $b_1
    =dfrac1{a_1-a_2}
    $    ,
    $b_2
    =dfrac1{a_2-a_1}
    $    .



    For $n=3$,
    $b_1
    =dfrac1{(a_1-a_2)(a_1-a_3)}
    $    ,
    $b_2
    =dfrac1{(a_2-a_1)(a_2-a_3)}
    $    ,
    $b_3
    =dfrac1{(a_3-a_1)(a_3-a_2)}
    $    .






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      Unless I am misunderstanding the question, by "root rotation" (when $beta neq alpha$):



      $$frac{1}{(t + alpha)(t + beta)} = frac{A}{t + alpha} + frac{B}{t + beta}$$



      $$1 = A(t + beta) + B(t + alpha)$$



      Evaluating $beta$ for $t$:



      $$1 = B(alpha - beta)$$



      $$B = frac{1}{alpha - beta}$$



      Similarly, for $A$, sub in $-alpha$:



      $$1 = A(beta - alpha)$$



      $$A = frac{1}{beta - alpha}$$






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        I'll be coming back to this post. This is what I was looking for.
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        Unless that takes you too much time, would you be able to derive formulas for $A, B, C$, please? Function of form $frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)(t+gamma)}$ and $alpha neq beta neq gamma$
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      $begingroup$

      Unless I am misunderstanding the question, by "root rotation" (when $beta neq alpha$):



      $$frac{1}{(t + alpha)(t + beta)} = frac{A}{t + alpha} + frac{B}{t + beta}$$



      $$1 = A(t + beta) + B(t + alpha)$$



      Evaluating $beta$ for $t$:



      $$1 = B(alpha - beta)$$



      $$B = frac{1}{alpha - beta}$$



      Similarly, for $A$, sub in $-alpha$:



      $$1 = A(beta - alpha)$$



      $$A = frac{1}{beta - alpha}$$






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        I'll be coming back to this post. This is what I was looking for.
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        Unless that takes you too much time, would you be able to derive formulas for $A, B, C$, please? Function of form $frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)(t+gamma)}$ and $alpha neq beta neq gamma$
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      $begingroup$

      Unless I am misunderstanding the question, by "root rotation" (when $beta neq alpha$):



      $$frac{1}{(t + alpha)(t + beta)} = frac{A}{t + alpha} + frac{B}{t + beta}$$



      $$1 = A(t + beta) + B(t + alpha)$$



      Evaluating $beta$ for $t$:



      $$1 = B(alpha - beta)$$



      $$B = frac{1}{alpha - beta}$$



      Similarly, for $A$, sub in $-alpha$:



      $$1 = A(beta - alpha)$$



      $$A = frac{1}{beta - alpha}$$






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      Unless I am misunderstanding the question, by "root rotation" (when $beta neq alpha$):



      $$frac{1}{(t + alpha)(t + beta)} = frac{A}{t + alpha} + frac{B}{t + beta}$$



      $$1 = A(t + beta) + B(t + alpha)$$



      Evaluating $beta$ for $t$:



      $$1 = B(alpha - beta)$$



      $$B = frac{1}{alpha - beta}$$



      Similarly, for $A$, sub in $-alpha$:



      $$1 = A(beta - alpha)$$



      $$A = frac{1}{beta - alpha}$$







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        I'll be coming back to this post. This is what I was looking for.
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        Unless that takes you too much time, would you be able to derive formulas for $A, B, C$, please? Function of form $frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)(t+gamma)}$ and $alpha neq beta neq gamma$
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        I'll be coming back to this post. This is what I was looking for.
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        Unless that takes you too much time, would you be able to derive formulas for $A, B, C$, please? Function of form $frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)(t+gamma)}$ and $alpha neq beta neq gamma$
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      I'll be coming back to this post. This is what I was looking for.
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      I'll be coming back to this post. This is what I was looking for.
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      $begingroup$
      Unless that takes you too much time, would you be able to derive formulas for $A, B, C$, please? Function of form $frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)(t+gamma)}$ and $alpha neq beta neq gamma$
      $endgroup$
      – weno
      3 hours ago






      $begingroup$
      Unless that takes you too much time, would you be able to derive formulas for $A, B, C$, please? Function of form $frac{1}{(t+alpha)(t+beta)(t+gamma)}$ and $alpha neq beta neq gamma$
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      If your fraction is in form of $$ frac {1}{(t-alpha_1)(t-alpha_2)(t-alpha_3)...(t-alpha_k)}$$ where the $alpha s$ are different, there is an easy way to find the partial fraction decomposition.



      Let $t=alpha_i$ and cover $(t-alpha_i)$ while evaluating the above fraction to get your $A_i$



      For example $$ frac{1}{(t-1)(t-3)(t+4)} = frac {A_1}{(t-1)} + frac{ A_2}{(t-3)} +frac { A_3}{(t+4)}$$
      Where $$A_1 = frac {1}{(1-3)(1+4)}=frac{-1}{10}$$
      $$A_2 = frac {1}{(3-1)(3+4)} = frac{1}{14}$$



      $$A_3=frac {1}{(-4-1)(-4-3)}=frac{1}{35}$$






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        If your fraction is in form of $$ frac {1}{(t-alpha_1)(t-alpha_2)(t-alpha_3)...(t-alpha_k)}$$ where the $alpha s$ are different, there is an easy way to find the partial fraction decomposition.



        Let $t=alpha_i$ and cover $(t-alpha_i)$ while evaluating the above fraction to get your $A_i$



        For example $$ frac{1}{(t-1)(t-3)(t+4)} = frac {A_1}{(t-1)} + frac{ A_2}{(t-3)} +frac { A_3}{(t+4)}$$
        Where $$A_1 = frac {1}{(1-3)(1+4)}=frac{-1}{10}$$
        $$A_2 = frac {1}{(3-1)(3+4)} = frac{1}{14}$$



        $$A_3=frac {1}{(-4-1)(-4-3)}=frac{1}{35}$$






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          If your fraction is in form of $$ frac {1}{(t-alpha_1)(t-alpha_2)(t-alpha_3)...(t-alpha_k)}$$ where the $alpha s$ are different, there is an easy way to find the partial fraction decomposition.



          Let $t=alpha_i$ and cover $(t-alpha_i)$ while evaluating the above fraction to get your $A_i$



          For example $$ frac{1}{(t-1)(t-3)(t+4)} = frac {A_1}{(t-1)} + frac{ A_2}{(t-3)} +frac { A_3}{(t+4)}$$
          Where $$A_1 = frac {1}{(1-3)(1+4)}=frac{-1}{10}$$
          $$A_2 = frac {1}{(3-1)(3+4)} = frac{1}{14}$$



          $$A_3=frac {1}{(-4-1)(-4-3)}=frac{1}{35}$$






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          If your fraction is in form of $$ frac {1}{(t-alpha_1)(t-alpha_2)(t-alpha_3)...(t-alpha_k)}$$ where the $alpha s$ are different, there is an easy way to find the partial fraction decomposition.



          Let $t=alpha_i$ and cover $(t-alpha_i)$ while evaluating the above fraction to get your $A_i$



          For example $$ frac{1}{(t-1)(t-3)(t+4)} = frac {A_1}{(t-1)} + frac{ A_2}{(t-3)} +frac { A_3}{(t+4)}$$
          Where $$A_1 = frac {1}{(1-3)(1+4)}=frac{-1}{10}$$
          $$A_2 = frac {1}{(3-1)(3+4)} = frac{1}{14}$$



          $$A_3=frac {1}{(-4-1)(-4-3)}=frac{1}{35}$$







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              Here's your answer
              for general $n$.



              $dfrac1{prod_{k=1}^n (x-a_k)}
              =sum_{k=1}^n dfrac{b_k}{x-a_k}
              $              .



              Therefore
              $1
              =sum_{k=1}^n dfrac{b_kprod_{j=1}^n (x-a_j)}{x-a_k}
              =sum_{k=1}^n b_kprod_{j=1, jne k}^n (x-a_j)
              $              .



              Setting
              $x = a_i$
              for each $i$,
              all the terms
              except the one with $k=i$
              have the factor $a_i-a_i$,
              so
              $1 = b_iprod_{j=1, jne i}^n (a_i-a_j)
              $
              so that
              $b_i
              =dfrac1{prod_{j=1, jne i}^n (a_i-a_j)}
              $              .



              For $n=2$,
              $b_1
              =dfrac1{a_1-a_2}
              $              ,
              $b_2
              =dfrac1{a_2-a_1}
              $              .



              For $n=3$,
              $b_1
              =dfrac1{(a_1-a_2)(a_1-a_3)}
              $              ,
              $b_2
              =dfrac1{(a_2-a_1)(a_2-a_3)}
              $              ,
              $b_3
              =dfrac1{(a_3-a_1)(a_3-a_2)}
              $              .






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                Here's your answer
                for general $n$.



                $dfrac1{prod_{k=1}^n (x-a_k)}
                =sum_{k=1}^n dfrac{b_k}{x-a_k}
                $                .



                Therefore
                $1
                =sum_{k=1}^n dfrac{b_kprod_{j=1}^n (x-a_j)}{x-a_k}
                =sum_{k=1}^n b_kprod_{j=1, jne k}^n (x-a_j)
                $                .



                Setting
                $x = a_i$
                for each $i$,
                all the terms
                except the one with $k=i$
                have the factor $a_i-a_i$,
                so
                $1 = b_iprod_{j=1, jne i}^n (a_i-a_j)
                $
                so that
                $b_i
                =dfrac1{prod_{j=1, jne i}^n (a_i-a_j)}
                $                .



                For $n=2$,
                $b_1
                =dfrac1{a_1-a_2}
                $                ,
                $b_2
                =dfrac1{a_2-a_1}
                $                .



                For $n=3$,
                $b_1
                =dfrac1{(a_1-a_2)(a_1-a_3)}
                $                ,
                $b_2
                =dfrac1{(a_2-a_1)(a_2-a_3)}
                $                ,
                $b_3
                =dfrac1{(a_3-a_1)(a_3-a_2)}
                $                .






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                  Here's your answer
                  for general $n$.



                  $dfrac1{prod_{k=1}^n (x-a_k)}
                  =sum_{k=1}^n dfrac{b_k}{x-a_k}
                  $                  .



                  Therefore
                  $1
                  =sum_{k=1}^n dfrac{b_kprod_{j=1}^n (x-a_j)}{x-a_k}
                  =sum_{k=1}^n b_kprod_{j=1, jne k}^n (x-a_j)
                  $                  .



                  Setting
                  $x = a_i$
                  for each $i$,
                  all the terms
                  except the one with $k=i$
                  have the factor $a_i-a_i$,
                  so
                  $1 = b_iprod_{j=1, jne i}^n (a_i-a_j)
                  $
                  so that
                  $b_i
                  =dfrac1{prod_{j=1, jne i}^n (a_i-a_j)}
                  $                  .



                  For $n=2$,
                  $b_1
                  =dfrac1{a_1-a_2}
                  $                  ,
                  $b_2
                  =dfrac1{a_2-a_1}
                  $                  .



                  For $n=3$,
                  $b_1
                  =dfrac1{(a_1-a_2)(a_1-a_3)}
                  $                  ,
                  $b_2
                  =dfrac1{(a_2-a_1)(a_2-a_3)}
                  $                  ,
                  $b_3
                  =dfrac1{(a_3-a_1)(a_3-a_2)}
                  $                  .






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                  Here's your answer
                  for general $n$.



                  $dfrac1{prod_{k=1}^n (x-a_k)}
                  =sum_{k=1}^n dfrac{b_k}{x-a_k}
                  $                  .



                  Therefore
                  $1
                  =sum_{k=1}^n dfrac{b_kprod_{j=1}^n (x-a_j)}{x-a_k}
                  =sum_{k=1}^n b_kprod_{j=1, jne k}^n (x-a_j)
                  $                  .



                  Setting
                  $x = a_i$
                  for each $i$,
                  all the terms
                  except the one with $k=i$
                  have the factor $a_i-a_i$,
                  so
                  $1 = b_iprod_{j=1, jne i}^n (a_i-a_j)
                  $
                  so that
                  $b_i
                  =dfrac1{prod_{j=1, jne i}^n (a_i-a_j)}
                  $                  .



                  For $n=2$,
                  $b_1
                  =dfrac1{a_1-a_2}
                  $                  ,
                  $b_2
                  =dfrac1{a_2-a_1}
                  $                  .



                  For $n=3$,
                  $b_1
                  =dfrac1{(a_1-a_2)(a_1-a_3)}
                  $                  ,
                  $b_2
                  =dfrac1{(a_2-a_1)(a_2-a_3)}
                  $                  ,
                  $b_3
                  =dfrac1{(a_3-a_1)(a_3-a_2)}
                  $                  .







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