Re: [eigen] MathFunctions.h patch

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Benoit Jacob wrote:
It is on purpose that we excluded sqrt for complex numbers:
 - there is no canonical choice between the 2 determinations of the square root.
Just a pedantic note. There are two square roots of real numbers too. Conventionally, sqrt(4) returns 2, not -2.

Returning the root in the right half plane (non-negative real) would seem a logical generalization of this convention.




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