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<div><h1>listForm -- convert to list form</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><tt>listForm f</tt> -- converts a polynomial or monomial to a form represented by nested lists.<p/>
A monomial is represented by the list of its exponents.<p/>
A polynomial is represented by lists of pairs (m,c), one for each term, where m is a list of exponents for monomial, and c is the coefficient.<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : R = ZZ/101[x,y,z];</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : listForm (x^2 - 7 + x*y*z^11 + y)
o2 = {({1, 1, 11}, 1), ({2, 0, 0}, 1), ({0, 1, 0}, 1), ({0, 0, 0}, -7)}
o2 : List</pre>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>listForm</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li>listForm(MonoidElement)</li>
<li>listForm(RingElement)</li>
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