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The binomial series expansion for an expression of the form \\((1+bx)^{n}\\) where \\(n\\) is a non-natural number, is given by:

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\\((1+bx)^{n}=1+n(bx)^{1}+\\frac{n(n-1)}{2!}(bx)^{2}+\\frac{n(n-1)(n-2)}{3!}(bx)^{3}+...\\)

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In this example  \\(n=\\frac{1}{\\var{n}}\\),   and  \\(b=\\var{b}\\).

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So the first three terms are

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\\((1+\\var{b}x)^{\\frac{1}{\\var{n}}}=1+{\\frac{1}{\\var{n}}}(\\var{b}x)^{1}+\\frac{{\\frac{1}{\\var{n}}}\\times (\\frac{1}{\\var{n}}-1)}{2!}(\\var{b}x)^{2}\\)

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\\((1+\\var{b}x)^{\\frac{1}{\\var{n}}}\\)= $ \\simplify[all,!collectNumbers]{{T1}+{T2}x+{T3}x^2}$

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Input the first three tems in the binomial series expansion. 

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Given the expression \\((1+\\var{b}x)^{\\frac{1}{\\var{n}}}\\)

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Find the first three terms in the binomial series expansion having a non-Natural exponent

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