integrate(1/x, x): why ln(x) and not ln(abs(x))?

• Subject: integrate(1/x, x): why ln(x) and not ln(abs(x))?
• From: Humberto Bortolossi
• Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:34:05 -0300

Hi!

Why Maxima developers decided to evaluate

integrate(1/x, x)

as

ln(x)

and not

ln(abs(x))?

Thanks, Humberto.

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