L'Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions
Chern A, Ishida S. L’Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions. arXiv, 2602.09958.
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In calculus, l'Hopital's rule provides a simple way to evaluate the limits of quotient functions when both the numerator and denominator vanish. But what happens when we move beyond real functions on a real interval? In this article, we study when the quotient of two complex-valued functions in higher dimension can be defined continuously at the points where both functions vanish. Surprisingly, the answer is far subtler than in the real-valued setting. We provide a complete characterization for the continuity of the quotient function. We also point out why extending this result to smoother quotients remains an intriguing challenge.
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2026-02-10
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This project was funded in part by the European Research Council (ERC Consolidator Grant 101045083 CoDiNA) and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2239062.
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2602.09958
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Chern A, Ishida S. L’Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions. arXiv. doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2602.09958
Chern, A., & Ishida, S. (n.d.). L’Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2602.09958
Chern, Albert, and Sadashige Ishida. “L’Hopital Rules for Complex-Valued Functions in Higher Dimensions.” ArXiv, n.d. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2602.09958.
A. Chern and S. Ishida, “L’Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions,” arXiv. .
Chern A, Ishida S. L’Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions. arXiv, 2602.09958.
Chern, Albert, and Sadashige Ishida. “L’Hopital Rules for Complex-Valued Functions in Higher Dimensions.” ArXiv, 2602.09958, doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2602.09958.
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