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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 ::= QQ[x,y];
/**/  F := 3*x^2-4*x*y+y^3+3;
/**/  support(F);
[y^3, x^2, x*y, 1]

/**/  monomials(F);
[y^3, 3*x^2, -4*x*y, 3]

/**/  Support(Vector(x^2y, x^3-3y^2, 34)); --***OBSOLETE MANUAL: WORK IN PROGRESS***
[Vector(0, x^3, 0), Vector(x^2y, 0, 0), Vector(0, y^2, 0), Vector(0, 0, 1)]

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