Back دالة كسرية Arabic মূলদীয় অপেক্ষক Bengali/Bangla Funció racional Catalan Racionální funkce Czech Рационаллă функци CV Rationale Funktion German Ρητή συνάρτηση Greek Racionala funkcio Esperanto Función racional Spanish تابع گویا Persian
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In mathematics, a rational function is any function that can be defined by a rational fraction, which is an algebraic fraction such that both the numerator and the denominator are polynomials. The coefficients of the polynomials need not be rational numbers; they may be taken in any field K. In this case, one speaks of a rational function and a rational fraction over K. The values of the variables may be taken in any field L containing K. Then the domain of the function is the set of the values of the variables for which the denominator is not zero, and the codomain is L.
The set of rational functions over a field K is a field, the field of fractions of the ring of the polynomial functions over K.