a)
\(\begin{array}{l}\left( {2x + y} \right)\left( {4{x^2} - 2xy + {y^2}} \right)\\ = 2x.4{x^2} - 2x.2xy + 2x.{y^2} + y.4{x^2} - y.2xy + y.{y^2}\\ = 8{x^3} - 4{x^2}y + 2x{y^2} + 4{x^2}y - 2x{y^2} + {y^3}\\ = 8{x^3} + \left( { - 4{x^2}y + 4{x^2}y} \right) + \left( {2x{y^2} - 2x{y^2}} \right) + {y^3}\\ = 8{x^3} + {y^3}\end{array}\)
b)
\(\begin{array}{l}\left( {{x^2}{y^2} - 3} \right)\left( {3 + {x^2}{y^2}} \right)\\ = {x^2}{y^2}.3 + {x^2}{y^2}.{x^2}{y^2} - 3.3 - 3.{x^2}{y^2}\\ = 3{x^2}{y^2} + {x^4}{y^4} - 9 - 3{x^2}{y^2}\\ = {x^4}{y^4} + \left( {3{x^2}{y^2} - 3{x^2}{y^2}} \right) - 9\\ = {x^4}{y^4} - 9\end{array}\)