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===Factors of the denominator=== If <math>\deg F < \deg G,</math> and <math display="block">G = G_1 G_2,</math> where {{math|''G''{{sub|1}}}} and {{math|''G''{{sub|2}}}} are [[coprime polynomials]], then there exist polynomials <math>F_1</math> and <math>F_2</math> such that <math display="block">\frac FG=\frac{F_1}{G_1}+\frac{F_2}{G_2},</math> and <math display="block">\deg F_1 < \deg G_1\quad\text{and}\quad\deg F_2 < \deg G_2.</math> This can be proved as follows. [[Bézout's identity for polynomials|Bézout's identity]] asserts the existence of polynomials {{math|''C''}} and {{math|''D''}} such that <math display="block">CG_1 + DG_2 = 1</math> (by hypothesis, {{math|1}} is a [[Polynomial greatest common divisor|greatest common divisor]] of {{math|''G''{{sub|1}}}} and {{math|''G''{{sub|2}}}}). Let <math>DF=G_1Q+F_1</math> with <math>\deg F_1 < \deg G_1</math> be the [[Euclidean division of polynomials|Euclidean division]] of {{mvar|DF}} by <math>G_1.</math> Setting <math>F_2=CF+QG_2,</math> one gets <math display="block">\begin{align} \frac FG&=\frac{F(CG_1 + DG_2)}{G_1G_2} =\frac{D F}{G_1}+\frac{CF}{G_2}\\ &=\frac{F_1+G_1Q}{G_1}+\frac{F_2-G_2Q}{G_2}\\ &=\frac{F_1}{G_1} + Q + \frac{F_2}{G_2} - Q\\ &=\frac{F_1}{G_1}+\frac{F_2}{G_2}. \end{align}</math> It remains to show that <math>\deg F_2 < \deg G_2.</math> By reducing the last sum of fractions to a common denominator, one gets <math>F=F_2G_1+F_1G_2,</math> and thus <math display="block">\begin{align} \deg F_2 &=\deg(F-F_1G_2)-\deg G_1 \le \max(\deg F,\deg (F_1G_2))-\deg G_1\\ &< \max(\deg G,\deg(G_1G_2))-\deg G_1= \deg G_2 \end{align}</math>
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