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The <em>minus</em> operator is a unary minus, returning the negative of its 
argument. It is equivalent to the unary <em>-</em>. 
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<em>minus</em>(&lt;expression&gt;) 
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&lt;expression&gt; may be any scalar REDUCE expression. 
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minus(a); 

  - A 


minus(-1); 

  1 


minus((x+1)**4); 

      4      3      2
  - (X  + 4*X  + 6*X  + 4*X + 1)

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