[Maxima-bugs] [maxima:bugs] #5216 limit(%i*x + sqrt(x), x, inf) stays noun-form

[David S. <tom...@us...>]

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**[bugs:#5216] limit\(%i\*x + sqrt\(x\), x, inf\) stays noun-form**

**Status:** open
**Group:** None
**Labels:** limit 
**Created:** Wed Sep 02, 2026 10:27 AM UTC by David Scherfgen
**Last Updated:** Wed Sep 02, 2026 10:27 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


Maxima returns a noun-form for this limit:

~~~
limit(%i*x + sqrt(x), x, inf);
~~~

It's caused by the complex leading term.
Could probably be solved by letting `maybe-asksign` check first whether the `imagpart` of the expression is provably non-zero and then return `complex` or `imaginary`.


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