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Simplify[Abs[x],x<0]]

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• Subject: [mg39303] Simplify[Abs[x],x<0]]
• From: Uri Zwick <zwick at cs.tau.ac.il>
• Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 01:07:48 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi,

Simplify[ Abs[x] , x>0 ] returns x.
But, Simplify[ Abs[x] , x<0] returns Abs[x], and not -x.

Why is that?

Uri

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