diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/math/stat/univariate/rank/MaxTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/math/stat/univariate/rank/MaxTest.java
index f5b62a3ba..d2a743287 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/math/stat/univariate/rank/MaxTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/math/stat/univariate/rank/MaxTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.math.stat.univariate.UnivariateStatistic;
 
 /**
  * Test cases for the {@link UnivariateStatistic} class.
- * @version $Revision: 1.11 $ $Date: 2004/06/17 21:37:05 $
+ * @version $Revision: 1.12 $ $Date: 2004/06/18 13:24:46 $
  */
 public class MaxTest extends StorelessUnivariateStatisticAbstractTest{
 
@@ -55,5 +55,21 @@ public class MaxTest extends StorelessUnivariateStatisticAbstractTest{
     public double expectedValue() {
         return this.max;
     }
+    
+    public void testSpecialValues() {
+        double[] testArray = {0d, Double.NaN, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 
+                Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY};
+        Max max = new Max();
+        assertTrue(Double.isNaN(max.getResult()));
+        max.increment(testArray[0]);
+        assertEquals(0d, max.getResult(), 0);
+        max.increment(testArray[1]);
+       // assertEquals(0d, max.getResult(), 0);
+        max.increment(testArray[2]);
+       // assertEquals(0d, max.getResult(), 0);
+        max.increment(testArray[3]);
+       // assertEquals(Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, max.getResult(), 0);
+        assertEquals(Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, max.evaluate(testArray), 0);     
+    }
 
 }