BUG: Clip corr edge cases between -1.0 and 1.0

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -11233,6 +11233,9 @@ def corr(
                 f"'{method}' was supplied"
             )
 
+        # clip coefficient to ensure it is within theoretical bounds
+        correl = np.clip(correl, -1, 1)
+
         result = self._constructor(correl, index=idx, columns=cols, copy=False)
         return result.__finalize__(self, method="corr")
 

pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_cov_corr.py

@@ -485,3 +485,15 @@ def test_corrwith_min_periods_boolean(self):
         result = df_bool.corrwith(ser_bool, min_periods=3)
         expected = Series([0.57735, 0.57735], index=["A", "B"])
         tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+    def test_corr_within_bounds(self):
+        df1 = DataFrame({"x": [0, 1], "y": [1.35951, 1.3595100000000007]})
+        result1 = df1.corr().max().max()
+        expected1 = 1.0
+        tm.assert_equal(result1, expected1)
+
+        rng = np.random.default_rng(seed=42)
+        df2 = DataFrame(rng.random((100, 4)))
+        corr_matrix = df2.corr()
+        assert corr_matrix.min().min() >= -1.0
+        assert corr_matrix.max().max() <= 1.0