Limit[ Sign[],x->Infinity ]
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- Subject: [mg27289] Limit[ Sign[],x->Infinity ]
- From: Jack Goldberg <jackgold at math.lsa.umich.edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 03:58:51 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, I give you two examples using ver. 4.0 on a Mac and a unix system. Limit[ Sign[x]*Sign[z],x->Infinity ] yields Sign[z] which is good. Limit[ Sign[x]+Sign[z],x->Infinity] yields an expression too ugly to present to a wide audience, which is bad. Its not a bug since Limit[ Sign[x]+Sign[z],x->Infinity]//FullSimplify yields 1+Sign[z] which is good. I propose the name "buglet" to describe such "features" :-). By the way, I tried some obvious variations on combinations of Sign[z] and Sign[x] and found it pretty hard to predict the output. Happy hunting Jack