abs(x) = sqrt(x*x), no?
I think the issue might be the branch cut in the sqrt function. Per the wiki article, elementary functions have to be differentiable in the complex plane at all but a finite number of points.
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I think the issue might be the branch cut in the sqrt function. Per the wiki article, elementary functions have to be differentiable in the complex plane at all but a finite number of points.