http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/38755-Limit-Of-Sqrt0 en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:29:28 GMT Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:29:28 GMT The latest comments added to the Post, limit of sqrt(0) http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/38755-Limit-Of-Sqrt0 http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/38755-Limit-Of-Sqrt0?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:limit of sqrt(0):Comments#comment69928 <p>do not know Edwards &amp; Larson, but Maple is right - may be they have it only for positive Reals, while Maple knows sqrt(-1), since it works over the Complex numbers regarding brunch cuts</p> The latest comments added to the Post, limit of sqrt(0) 69928 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:37:08 Z Axel Vogt Axel Vogt http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/38755-Limit-Of-Sqrt0?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:limit of sqrt(0):Comments#comment82921 <p>?limits states:</p> <blockquote><i>limit(f, x=a, dir)<br /> ...<br /> If dir is not specified, the limit is the real bidirectional limit,...</i><blockquote> </blockquote></blockquote> <p>But this is the same issue of <a href="http://www.mapleprimes.com/blog/alla/functionlimitsdomainendpoints"> this past thread</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> The latest comments added to the Post, limit of sqrt(0) 82921 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:46:29 Z jakubi jakubi http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/38755-Limit-Of-Sqrt0?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:limit of sqrt(0):Comments#comment93996 <p>Just to clarify: what that &quot;real&quot; means is not that f is real, it is that x is real.&nbsp; So for example</p> <pre> &gt; limit(exp(-1/x^2), x=0); </pre> <p>0</p> <p>(even though the limit as x -&gt; 0 in the complex plane would not exist).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> The latest comments added to the Post, limit of sqrt(0) 93996 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:26:57 Z Robert Israel Robert Israel