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    "# Factoring Polynomials with SymPy"
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   "source": [
    "Here is an example that uses [SymPy](http://sympy.org/en/index.html) to factor polynomials."
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   "source": [
    "from IPython.html.widgets import interact\n",
    "from IPython.display import display"
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   "source": [
    "from sympy import Symbol, Eq, factor, init_printing\n",
    "init_printing(use_latex='mathjax')"
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    "x = Symbol('x')"
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    "def factorit(n):\n",
    "    display(Eq(x**n-1, factor(x**n-1)))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Notice how the output of the `factorit` function is properly formatted LaTeX."
   ]
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  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": false
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "factorit(12)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": false
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "interact(factorit, n=(2,40));"
   ]
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