Distributional logarithm

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I am reading Distribution Theory courently but there is part that I can't pass:

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Last equation in $(1.204)$ makes no sence for me becouse as far as I know:

$\int_{-\infty}^{-\epsilon}\phi(x)ln|x|dx=-\int^{-\infty}_{-\epsilon}\phi(x)ln|x|dx=-\int^{-\infty}_{-\epsilon}\phi(x)ln(-x)dx=|t=-x,dx=-dt|=-\int^{\infty}_{\epsilon} \phi(-t)ln(t)(-1)dt=\int^{\infty}_{\epsilon}\phi(-t)ln(t)dt $

so where from is the minus in last formula?

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You are completely right, it ought to be $[\varphi(x) + \varphi(-x)]$ in that formula, the "$-$" is a mistake. The conclusion that

$$\varphi \mapsto \int_\mathbb{R} \varphi(x)\ln \lvert x\rvert\,dx$$

is a distribution is unaffected, however.