ExcludedForms

ExcludedForms

is an option that gives a list of patterns for expressions that should be excluded from an operation performed by a particular function.

Details

  • Different functions use different default settings for ExcludedForms.
  • In functions such as Simplify and FullSimplify, ExcludedForms specifies classes of expressions that should not be touched if they are encountered at intermediate stages in a computation.
  • In functions such as TakeLargest and TakeSmallest, ExcludedForms specifies classes of expressions that should be considered in selecting elements to return.

Examples

Basic Examples  (2)

This gives no simplification:

Excluding transformations of (x-2)^10 allows you to expand the remaining terms:

This gives a result in terms of Arg[x]:

This specifies that Log[x] should not be transformed:

Wolfram Research (1996), ExcludedForms, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExcludedForms.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), ExcludedForms, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExcludedForms.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "ExcludedForms." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExcludedForms.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). ExcludedForms. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExcludedForms.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_excludedforms, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ExcludedForms}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExcludedForms.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-February-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_excludedforms, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ExcludedForms}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExcludedForms.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-February-2025 ]}