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FilledSmallSquare Expand[expr] expands out products and positive integer powers in expr.
FilledSmallSquare Expand[expr, patt] leaves unexpanded any parts of expr that are free of the pattern patt.

FilledSmallSquare Expand works only on positive integer powers.
FilledSmallSquare Expand applies only to the top level in expr.
FilledSmallSquare Expand[expr, Modulus->p] expands expr reducing the result modulo p.
FilledSmallSquare See The Mathematica Book on the web: Section 1.4.3, Section 1.4.5 and Section 3.3.1.
FilledSmallSquare See also: Distribute, Apart, Series, Factor, LogicalExpand, TrigExpand, PowerExpand, ExpandAll.