JuliaArrays / JuliaArrays/StaticArrays.jl
inv(Inf*I) returns Nan for dims between (2,2) and (4,4)
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Description
When calculating the inverse of a matrix with inf-entries, StaticArrays returns NaNs:
julia> inv(SMatrix{3,3}(Inf*I))
3×3 SMatrix{3, 3, Float64, 9} with indices SOneTo(3)×SOneTo(3):
NaN NaN NaN
NaN NaN NaN
NaN NaN NaN
Using normal matrices results in zero:
julia> inv(Inf*I(3)) # Diagonal
3×3 Diagonal{Float64, Vector{Float64}}:
0.0 ⋅ ⋅
⋅ 0.0 ⋅
⋅ ⋅ 0.0
julia> inv(Inf*Matrix(I(3))) # Also for full matrix
3×3 Matrix{Float64}:
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
This is true for the Dims (2,2) (3,3) and (4,4) and probably due to the specialized methods for these sizes in inv.jl.
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Reproduce the issue in Julia for the 2×2, 3×3, and 4×4 cases, then inspect the specialized inverse methods in inv.jl. Compare their behavior with inv(Inf*I(N)) for normal matrices; done means the StaticArrays results no longer produce NaNs for these diagonal infinity inputs.
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