Reducing Hyperexponential Functions over Monomial Extensions

Abstract

We extend the shell and kernel reductions for hyperexponential functions over the field of rational functions to a monomial extension. Both of the reductions are incorporated into one algorithm. As an application, we present an additive decomposition in rationally hyperexponential towers. The decomposition yields an alternative algorithm for computing elementary integrals over such towers. The alternative can find some elementary integrals that are unevaluated by the integrators in the latest versions of Maple and Mathematica.