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|cos(x)|-1=ln|x| equation

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|cos(x)| - 1 = log(|x|)
$$\left|{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\right| - 1 = \log{\left(\left|{x}\right| \right)}$$
Detail solution
Given the equation
$$\left|{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\right| - 1 = \log{\left(\left|{x}\right| \right)}$$
transform
$$- \log{\left(\left|{x}\right| \right)} + \left|{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\right| - 1 = 0$$
$$\left(\left|{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\right| - 1\right) - \log{\left(\left|{x}\right| \right)} = 0$$
Do replacement
$$w = \left|{x}\right|$$
Given the equation
$$- \log{\left(w \right)} + \left|{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\right| - 1 = 0$$
$$- \log{\left(w \right)} = 1 - \left|{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\right|$$
Let's divide both parts of the equation by the multiplier of log =-1
$$\log{\left(w \right)} = \left|{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\right| - 1$$
This equation is of the form:
log(v)=p

By definition log
v=e^p

then
$$w = e^{\frac{1 - \left|{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\right|}{-1}}$$
simplify
$$w = e^{\left|{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\right| - 1}$$
do backward replacement
$$\left|{x}\right| = w$$
substitute w:
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x1 = -0.75963731562266
x2 = 0.75963731562266
x2 = 0.75963731562266