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Support

the list of terms of a polynomial or vector

Syntax
Support(F:POLY or VECTOR):LIST

Description
This function returns the list of terms of F. To get a list of monomials, which includes coefficients, use Monomials.

Example
Use R ::= Q[x,y];
F := 3x^2-4xy+y^3+3;
Support(F);
[y^3, x^2, xy, 1]
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Monomials(F);
[y^3, 3x^2, -4xy, 3]
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Support(Vector(x^2y,x^3-3y^2,34));
[Vector(0, x^3, 0), Vector(x^2y, 0, 0), Vector(0, y^2, 0), Vector(0, 0, 1)]
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