Comments on: Complex division by zero https://www.centerspace.net/complex-division-by-zero .NET numerical class libraries Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:06:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Ben https://www.centerspace.net/complex-division-by-zero#comment-4 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:39:08 +0000 http://www.centerspace.net/blog/?p=4#comment-4 A quick test in maple and matlab produces the following:

Maple 11:
>> a := 0.0+0.0*I; -> 0. + 0. I
>> b := 3.0+4.0*I; -> 3.0 + 4.0 I
>> b/a; -> Float(infinity) – Float(infinity) I

Matlab R2008b:
>> a = complex(0.0,0.0);
>> b = complex(3.0,4.0);
>> b/a -> Inf + Infi

Which is pretty conclusive and could be proven with an alternative form of the complex division that is muxed together from real + imaginary division components to account for this case.

But, ignoring the mathematical bounds of the problem

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