The nonnegative modulus must be a zero of the sine function. The restriction permits , since . Thus the locus is the origin and three concentric circles, centred at the origin with radii , and . A circle of radius zero is just one point.
Figure 1.
Complex-plane loci: sine of the modulus vanishes on three circles and the origin; real logarithm part fixes one circle
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For any value of the complex logarithm, up to adding an integer multiple of . Its real part therefore satisfies
The locus is the circle centred at the origin with radius . Different logarithm values change only the imaginary part. If a particular analytic branch of the complex logarithm with a cut is imposed, restrict the circle to that branch's domain; the modulus equation itself is branch independent.

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