From 05dddaec4db39eddaf5811e65c93ae98d1395f77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Vladimir V. Kisil" <kisilv@maths.leeds.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:48:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/9] Some more evaluation rules for abs() They evaluate
 absolute values of powers and exponents. Simple checks are added as well.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir V. Kisil <kisilv@maths.leeds.ac.uk>
---
 check/exam_inifcns.cpp | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 ginac/inifcns.cpp      |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/check/exam_inifcns.cpp b/check/exam_inifcns.cpp
index ba1ba9a..994aa34 100644
--- a/check/exam_inifcns.cpp
+++ b/check/exam_inifcns.cpp
@@ -219,11 +219,35 @@ static unsigned inifcns_consist_zeta()
 	return result;
 }
 
+static unsigned inifcns_consist_abs()
+{
+	unsigned result = 0;
+	realsymbol a("a"), b("b"), x("x"), y("y");
+	possymbol p("p");
+
+	if (!abs(exp(x+I*y)).eval().is_equal(exp(x)))
+		++result;
+
+	if (!abs(pow(p,a+I*b)).eval().is_equal(pow(p,a)))
+		++result;
+
+	// also checks that abs(p)=p
+	if (!abs(pow(p,a+I*b)).eval().is_equal(pow(p,a)))
+		++result;
+
+	if (!abs(pow(x+I*y,a)).eval().is_equal(pow(abs(x+I*y),a)))
+		++result;
+
+	// it is not necessary a simplification if the following is really evaluated
+	if (!abs(pow(x+I*y,a+I*b)).eval().is_equal(abs(pow(x+I*y,a+I*b))))
+		++result;
+
+}
+
 static unsigned inifcns_consist_various()
 {
 	unsigned result = 0;
 	symbol n;
-	ex e;
 	
 	if ( binomial(n, 0) != 1 ) {
 		clog << "ERROR: binomial(n,0) != 1" << endl;		
@@ -243,6 +267,7 @@ unsigned exam_inifcns()
 	result += inifcns_consist_gamma();  cout << '.' << flush;
 	result += inifcns_consist_psi();  cout << '.' << flush;
 	result += inifcns_consist_zeta();  cout << '.' << flush;
+	result += inifcns_consist_abs();  cout << '.' << flush;
 	result += inifcns_consist_various();  cout << '.' << flush;
 	
 	return result;
diff --git a/ginac/inifcns.cpp b/ginac/inifcns.cpp
index 8103cd8..08f9b02 100644
--- a/ginac/inifcns.cpp
+++ b/ginac/inifcns.cpp
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ static ex abs_eval(const ex & arg)
 	if (is_ex_the_function(arg, abs))
 		return arg;
 
+	if (is_ex_the_function(arg, exp))
+		return exp(arg.op(0).real_part());
+
+	if (is_exactly_a<power>(arg) && (arg.op(0).info(info_flags::positive) || arg.op(1).info(info_flags::real)))
+		return pow(abs(arg.op(0)), arg.op(1).real_part());
+
 	return abs(arg).hold();
 }
 
-- 
1.8.4.rc3

