Fix Tensor.StdDev vs TensorPrimitives.StdDev differences for Complex input

src/libraries/System.Numerics.Tensors/src/System/Numerics/Tensors/netcore/Tensor.cs

@@ -4810,10 +4810,9 @@ public static T StdDev<T>(in ReadOnlyTensorSpan<T> x)
         {
             T mean = Average(x);
             T result = T.AdditiveIdentity;
-            TensorOperation.Invoke<TensorOperation.SumOfSquaredDifferences<T>, T, T>(x, mean, ref result);
+            TensorOperation.Invoke<TensorOperation.SumOfSquaredMagnitudeDifferences<T>, T, T>(x, mean, ref result);
             T variance = result / T.CreateChecked(x.FlattenedLength);
             return T.Sqrt(variance);
-
         }
         #endregion
 

src/libraries/System.Numerics.Tensors/src/System/Numerics/Tensors/netcore/TensorOperation.cs

@@ -2103,6 +2103,25 @@ public static void Invoke(ReadOnlySpan<T> x, ReadOnlySpan<T> y, Span<T> destinat
             }
         }
 
+        public readonly struct SumOfSquaredMagnitudeDifferences<T>
+            : IBinaryOperation_Tensor_Scalar<T, T>
+            where T : IAdditionOperators<T, T, T>, IAdditiveIdentity<T, T>, IMultiplyOperators<T, T, T>, ISubtractionOperators<T, T, T>, INumberBase<T>
+        {
+            public static void Invoke(ref readonly T x, T y, ref T destination)
+            {
+                T diff = T.Abs(x - y);
+                destination += diff * diff;
+            }
+            public static void Invoke(ReadOnlySpan<T> x, T y, Span<T> destination)
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < x.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    T diff = T.Abs(x[i] - y);
+                    destination[i] = diff * diff;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         public readonly struct SumOfSquares<T>
         : IUnaryReduction_Tensor<T, T>
         where T : IAdditionOperators<T, T, T>, IAdditiveIdentity<T, T>, IMultiplyOperators<T, T, T>

src/libraries/System.Numerics.Tensors/tests/TensorTests.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 using System.Buffers;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Xunit;
@@ -1169,6 +1171,21 @@ public static void TensorStdDevTests()
             Assert.Equal(0f, Tensor.StdDev(upperLeft));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public static void TensorStdDevComplexTests()
+        {
+            // Test case from issue: Tensor.StdDev vs TensorPrimitives.StdDev differences for Complex input
+            var arr = new TestComplex[] { new(new(1, 2)), new(new(3, 4)) };
+            var tensor = Tensor.Create(arr);
+
+            var tensorPrimitivesResult = TensorPrimitives.StdDev<TestComplex>(arr);
+            var tensorResult = Tensor.StdDev(tensor.AsReadOnlyTensorSpan());
+
+            // Both should produce the same result
+            Assert.Equal(tensorPrimitivesResult.Real, tensorResult.Real, precision: 10);
+            Assert.Equal(tensorPrimitivesResult.Imaginary, tensorResult.Imaginary, precision: 10);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public static void TensorSumTests()
         {
@@ -3190,4 +3207,90 @@ public static void ToStringZeroDataTest()
             Assert.Equal(expected, tensor.ToString([2, 0, 2]));
         }
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Test complex number type that implements IRootFunctions for testing StdDev consistency between
+    /// TensorPrimitives.StdDev and Tensor.StdDev
+    /// </summary>
+    public readonly struct TestComplex(Complex value) : IRootFunctions<TestComplex>, IEquatable<TestComplex>
+    {
+        private readonly Complex _value = value;
+
+        public double Real => _value.Real;
+        public double Imaginary => _value.Imaginary;
+
+        public static TestComplex operator +(TestComplex left, TestComplex right) => new(left._value + right._value);
+        public static TestComplex operator *(TestComplex left, TestComplex right) => new(left._value * right._value);
+        public static TestComplex operator /(TestComplex left, TestComplex right) => new(left._value / right._value);
+        public static TestComplex operator -(TestComplex left, TestComplex right) => new(left._value - right._value);
+        public static TestComplex Sqrt(TestComplex x) => new(Complex.Sqrt(x._value));
+        public static TestComplex Abs(TestComplex value) => new(new(Complex.Abs(value._value), 0));
+        public static TestComplex AdditiveIdentity => new(Complex.Zero);
+        public static TestComplex CreateChecked<TOther>(TOther value) where TOther : INumberBase<TOther> => new(Complex.CreateChecked(value));
+
+        // Override Object methods
+        public override bool Equals(object? obj) => obj is TestComplex other && Equals(other);
+        public override int GetHashCode() => _value.GetHashCode();
+        public override string ToString() => _value.ToString();
+
+        // IEquatable<TestComplex>
+        public bool Equals(TestComplex other) => _value.Equals(other._value);
+
+        // Operators
+        public static bool operator ==(TestComplex left, TestComplex right) => left.Equals(right);
+        public static bool operator !=(TestComplex left, TestComplex right) => !left.Equals(right);
+
+        // Required interface implementations - minimal stubs
+        public string ToString(string? format, IFormatProvider? formatProvider) => _value.ToString(format, formatProvider);
+        public bool TryFormat(Span<char> destination, out int charsWritten, ReadOnlySpan<char> format, IFormatProvider? provider) => _value.TryFormat(destination, out charsWritten, format, provider);
+        public static TestComplex Parse(string s, IFormatProvider? provider) => new(Complex.Parse(s, provider));
+        public static bool TryParse([NotNullWhen(true)] string? s, IFormatProvider? provider, out TestComplex result) { var success = Complex.TryParse(s, provider, out var c); result = new(c); return success; }
+        public static TestComplex Parse(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, IFormatProvider? provider) => new(Complex.Parse(s, provider));
+        public static bool TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, IFormatProvider? provider, out TestComplex result) { var success = Complex.TryParse(s, provider, out var c); result = new(c); return success; }
+        public static TestComplex operator --(TestComplex value) => new(value._value - Complex.One);
+        public static TestComplex operator ++(TestComplex value) => new(value._value + Complex.One);
+        public static TestComplex MultiplicativeIdentity => new(Complex.One);
+        public static TestComplex operator -(TestComplex value) => new(-value._value);
+        public static TestComplex operator +(TestComplex value) => new(value._value);
+        public static bool IsCanonical(TestComplex value) => true;
+        public static bool IsComplexNumber(TestComplex value) => true;
+        public static bool IsEvenInteger(TestComplex value) => false;
+        public static bool IsFinite(TestComplex value) => Complex.IsFinite(value._value);
+        public static bool IsImaginaryNumber(TestComplex value) => value._value.Real == 0 && value._value.Imaginary != 0;
+        public static bool IsInfinity(TestComplex value) => Complex.IsInfinity(value._value);
+        public static bool IsInteger(TestComplex value) => false;
+        public static bool IsNaN(TestComplex value) => Complex.IsNaN(value._value);
+        public static bool IsNegative(TestComplex value) => false;
+        public static bool IsNegativeInfinity(TestComplex value) => false;
+        public static bool IsNormal(TestComplex value) => true;
+        public static bool IsOddInteger(TestComplex value) => false;
+        public static bool IsPositive(TestComplex value) => false;
+        public static bool IsPositiveInfinity(TestComplex value) => false;
+        public static bool IsRealNumber(TestComplex value) => value._value.Imaginary == 0;
+        public static bool IsSubnormal(TestComplex value) => false;
+        public static bool IsZero(TestComplex value) => value._value == Complex.Zero;
+        public static TestComplex MaxMagnitude(TestComplex x, TestComplex y) => Complex.Abs(x._value) >= Complex.Abs(y._value) ? x : y;
+        public static TestComplex MaxMagnitudeNumber(TestComplex x, TestComplex y) => MaxMagnitude(x, y);
+        public static TestComplex MinMagnitude(TestComplex x, TestComplex y) => Complex.Abs(x._value) <= Complex.Abs(y._value) ? x : y;
+        public static TestComplex MinMagnitudeNumber(TestComplex x, TestComplex y) => MinMagnitude(x, y);
+        public static TestComplex Parse(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, NumberStyles style, IFormatProvider? provider) => new(Complex.Parse(s, style, provider));
+        public static TestComplex Parse(string s, NumberStyles style, IFormatProvider? provider) => new(Complex.Parse(s, style, provider));
+        public static bool TryConvertFromSaturating<TOther>(TOther value, out TestComplex result) where TOther : INumberBase<TOther> { result = default; return false; }
+        public static bool TryConvertFromTruncating<TOther>(TOther value, out TestComplex result) where TOther : INumberBase<TOther> { result = default; return false; }
+        public static bool TryConvertFromChecked<TOther>(TOther value, out TestComplex result) where TOther : INumberBase<TOther> { result = default; return false; }
+        public static bool TryConvertToChecked<TOther>(TestComplex value, [MaybeNullWhen(false)] out TOther result) where TOther : INumberBase<TOther> { result = default; return false; }
+        public static bool TryConvertToSaturating<TOther>(TestComplex value, [MaybeNullWhen(false)] out TOther result) where TOther : INumberBase<TOther> { result = default; return false; }
+        public static bool TryConvertToTruncating<TOther>(TestComplex value, [MaybeNullWhen(false)] out TOther result) where TOther : INumberBase<TOther> { result = default; return false; }
+        public static bool TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, NumberStyles style, IFormatProvider? provider, out TestComplex result) { var success = Complex.TryParse(s, style, provider, out var c); result = new(c); return success; }
+        public static bool TryParse([NotNullWhen(true)] string? s, NumberStyles style, IFormatProvider? provider, out TestComplex result) { var success = Complex.TryParse(s, style, provider, out var c); result = new(c); return success; }
+        public static TestComplex One => new(Complex.One);
+        public static int Radix => 2;
+        public static TestComplex Zero => new(Complex.Zero);
+        public static TestComplex E => new(new(Math.E, 0));
+        public static TestComplex Pi => new(new(Math.PI, 0));
+        public static TestComplex Tau => new(new(Math.Tau, 0));
+        public static TestComplex Cbrt(TestComplex x) => new(Complex.Pow(x._value, 1.0/3.0));
+        public static TestComplex Hypot(TestComplex x, TestComplex y) => new(new(Complex.Abs(Complex.Sqrt(x._value * x._value + y._value * y._value)), 0));
+        public static TestComplex RootN(TestComplex x, int n) => new(Complex.Pow(x._value, 1.0/n));
+    }
 }