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The Mathematical ExplorerTM (2001)

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  • Expand[ expr ] expands out products and positive integer powers in expr.
  • Expand[ expr , patt ] leaves unexpanded any parts of expr that are free of the pattern patt.
  • Expand works only on positive integer powers.
  • Expand applies only to the top level in expr.
  • Expand[ expr , Modulus-> p ] expands expr reducing the result modulo p.
  • See The Mathematica Book on the web:Section 1.4.3, Section 1.4.5 and Section 3.3.1.
  • See also: Series, Factor, TrigExpand, PowerExpand.