On 11/12/06, Hugemann <Auto at hugemann.de> wrote: > I have a problem manipulating a certain term. This problem can be > reduced to the following basic problem: > > assume(a<1); > log(a-1)-log(-1); > logcontract(%); (%i1) assume(a<1); (%o1) [a<1] (%i2) log(a-1) - log(-1); (%o2) log(a-1)-log(-1) (%i3) rectform(%); (%o3) log(1-a) HTH, Andrej