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Answer by Dr. belisarius for FullSimplify on complex numbers seems inconsistent

Well, FullSimplify[ ] has its own creed about what transformations should try and how to measure the complexity of its output. You can coerce it to perform in some crazy ways, though:exp = 2 c...

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FullSimplify on complex numbers seems inconsistent

FullSimplify[c Conjugate[c]]returnsAbs[c]^2whileFullSimplify[2 c Conjugate[c]]returns2 c Conjugate[c]This seems strange to me. For some reason, a third entry in the Times[] precludes the simplification...

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