Re: A Maple bug task for Maple experts and amateurs - 1

On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 20:50 -0700, Vladimir Bondarenko wrote:
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Peter Pein writes:

PP> Do you mean

PP>> limit(z,z=I*infinity);
PP> Error, (in limit) invalid limiting point

PP>> limit(z,z=I*infinity,complex);
PP> Error, (in limit) invalid limiting point

PP> ??

Great!

As a Maplesoft's customer I FULLY agree with your comment:
"??" Yes!

Why on earth Maplesoft cannot fix this defect over 12 years?
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Is this a defect?
Since z is a complex number, I would expect that you can only expect a
limit for complex numbers.
I * infinity doesn't exist (it's not a number).

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Jeremy Boden


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