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numden

Extract numerator and denominator

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Syntax

[N,D] = numden(A)

Description

[N,D] = numden(A) converts A to a rational form where the numerator and denominator are relatively prime polynomials with integer coefficients. The function returns the numerator and denominator of the rational form of an expression.

If A is a symbolic or a numeric matrix, then N is the symbolic matrix of numerators, and D is the symbolic matrix of denominators. Both N and D are matrices of the same size as A.

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Examples

Numerators and Denominators of Symbolic Numbers

Find the numerator and denominator of a symbolic number.

[n, d] = numden(sym(4/5))
n =
4
 
d =
5

Numerators and Denominators of Symbolic Expressions

Find the numerator and denominator of the symbolic expression.

syms x y
[n,d] = numden(x/y + y/x)
n = 
x^2 + y^2

d = 
x*y

Numerators and Denominators of Matrix Elements

Find the numerator and denominator of each element of a symbolic matrix.

syms a b
[n,d] = numden([a/b, 1/b; 1/a, 1/(a*b)])
n =
[ a, 1]
[ 1, 1]
 
d =
[ b,   b]
[ a, a*b]

Input Arguments

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Input, specified as a symbolic number, expression, function, vector, or matrix.

Output Arguments

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Numerator, returned as a symbolic number, expression, function, vector, or matrix.

Denominator, returned as a symbolic number, expression, function, vector, or matrix.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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