simplification of abs



macrakis at gmail.com wrote on 09/28/2010 12:30:44 PM:

> I'm surprised that log(-1) doesn't simplify to %pi, even with 
domain:complex.
> 
> Is this because someone is trying to preserve the multiple-
> valuedness?  But we don't preserve multiple-valuedness  in many 
> other cases, e.g. sqrt(-1), asin(1), or for that matter log(%e).

I was also surprised. But notice that plog(-1) --> %i %pi. 

--Barton