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diff --git a/src/pkg/math/cmplx/pow.go b/src/pkg/math/cmplx/pow.go
index 4dbc58398..1630b879b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/math/cmplx/pow.go
+++ b/src/pkg/math/cmplx/pow.go
@@ -43,7 +43,25 @@ import "math"
// IEEE -10,+10 30000 9.4e-15 1.5e-15
// Pow returns x**y, the base-x exponential of y.
+// For generalized compatibility with math.Pow:
+// Pow(0, ±0) returns 1+0i
+// Pow(0, c) for real(c)<0 returns Inf+0i if imag(c) is zero, otherwise Inf+Inf i.
func Pow(x, y complex128) complex128 {
+ if x == 0 { // Guaranteed also true for x == -0.
+ r, i := real(y), imag(y)
+ switch {
+ case r == 0:
+ return 1
+ case r < 0:
+ if i == 0 {
+ return complex(math.Inf(1), 0)
+ }
+ return Inf()
+ case r > 0:
+ return 0
+ }
+ panic("not reached")
+ }
modulus := Abs(x)
if modulus == 0 {
return complex(0, 0)