Изучаю математику можно сказать с нуля.
В одной книжке пишут:
Цитата:
... the absolute value of a real number is a non-negative real number. If a given number is zero or positive, its absolute value is the number itself. If a number is negative, its absolute value is the opposite of the number; that is, its absolute value is a positive number. We summarize in the following definition
If

is a real number which is positive or zero, then

; if

is a negative number, then

может я чего-то не догоняю,
по моему, с учетом предложения "If a number is negative, its absolute value is the opposite of the number; that is, its absolute value is a positive number" должно быть
