# Expand symbolic expression

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expand-symbolic-expression/88544
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** symbolics
**Created:** [October 10, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expand-symbolic-expression/88544 "2022-10-10T23:38:52Z")
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### Author: ![jar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expand-symbolic-expression/88544/1 "2022-10-10T23:38:52Z")

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```julia
x₁*(2x₁ + 6x₂) + x₂*(6x₁ + 7x₂)

```

How can I expand this into `(2x₁^2 + 12x₁*x₂ + 7x₂) `?

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### Author: ![Audrius-St](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/audrius-st/32/24175_2.png) [@Audrius-St](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Audrius-St)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expand-symbolic-expression/88544/2 "2022-10-11T03:40:52Z")

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expr = x₁\*(2x₁ + 6x₂) + x₂\*(6x₁ + 7x₂)

expand(expr)