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Factorize and find the null space of a polynomial in several variables [duplicate]

I've been asked to factor the following polynomial: poly = 6 x^3 + x^2 y - 11 xy^2 - 6 y^3 - 5 x^2 z + 11 xyz + 11 y^2 z - 2 xz^2 - 6 yz^2 + z^3 And to solve for z so that poly = 0 Can anyone help ...
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Implementation of Decompose

I'm curious as to how Decompose works so I decided to use Trace with the option ...
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How can I make the output from Solve look nice?

I have a problem with presenting solutions. Roots of 4th order polynomials are big expressions. Is there a way to present the roots, s2 and s3, in normal form with some substitutions? Maybe a way to ...
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Factorize Parametric Polynomials

Is there a possibility to factorize a parametric polynomial expression - meaning that the coefficients are defined as parameters, and not as specific numbers? My example - a polynomial in ...
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Factoring polynomials to factors involving complex coefficients

I've run into some problems using Factor on polynomials with complex coefficient factors. Reading the documentation it looks like it only factors over the ...