[jira] [Commented] (MATH-821) SparseRealVectorTest.testMap and testMapToSelf fail because zero entries lose their sign

["Gilles (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Gilles commented on MATH-821:
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In revision 1361164, I disabled the two unit tests that demonstrate this bug.
When the bug is fixed, the tests should be made active again.

                
> SparseRealVectorTest.testMap and testMapToSelf fail because zero entries lose their sign
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>                 Key: MATH-821
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-821
>             Project: Commons Math
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 3.0
>            Reporter: Sébastien Brisard
>              Labels: linear, sparse
>
> Mapping {{Inverse}} to an {{OpenMapRealVector}} can lead to wrong answers, because {{1.0 / 0.0}} should return {{+/-Infinity}} depending on the sign of the zero entry. Since the sign is lost in {{OpenMapRealVector}}, the answer must be wrong if the entry is truly {{-0.0}}.
> This is a difficult bug, because it potentially affects any function passed to {{OpenMapRealVector.map()}} or {{mapToSelf()}}. I would recommend we relax the requirements in the unit tests of this class, and make people aware of the issue in the class documentation.

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