diff --git a/.github/workflows/array_api.yml b/.github/workflows/array_api.yml
index 61bb5eca..d9116af3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/array_api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/array_api.yml
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ jobs:
           # for hypothesis-driven test case generation
           pytest $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pre_compile_tools/pre_compile_ufuncs.py -s
           # only run a subset of the conformance tests to get started
-          pytest array_api_tests/meta/test_broadcasting.py array_api_tests/meta/test_equality_mapping.py array_api_tests/meta/test_signatures.py array_api_tests/meta/test_special_cases.py array_api_tests/test_constants.py array_api_tests/meta/test_utils.py array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py::test_ones array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py::test_ones_like array_api_tests/test_data_type_functions.py::test_result_type array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_log10 array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_sqrt array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_isfinite array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_log2 array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_log1p array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_isinf array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_log array_api_tests/test_array_object.py::test_scalar_casting array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_sign array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_square array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_cos array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_round array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_trunc array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_ceil array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_floor array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_exp array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_sin array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_tan array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_tanh array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py::test_zeros array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py::test_zeros_like array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py::test_full_like
+          pytest array_api_tests/meta/test_broadcasting.py array_api_tests/meta/test_equality_mapping.py array_api_tests/meta/test_signatures.py array_api_tests/meta/test_special_cases.py array_api_tests/test_constants.py array_api_tests/meta/test_utils.py array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py::test_ones array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py::test_ones_like array_api_tests/test_data_type_functions.py::test_result_type array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_log10 array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_sqrt array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_isfinite array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_log2 array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_log1p array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_isinf array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_log array_api_tests/test_array_object.py::test_scalar_casting array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_sign array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_square array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_cos array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_round array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_trunc array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_ceil array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_floor array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_exp array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_sin array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_tan array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_tanh array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py::test_zeros array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py::test_zeros_like array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py::test_full_like array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_positive array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_isnan array_api_tests/test_operators_and_elementwise_functions.py::test_equal "array_api_tests/test_has_names.py::test_has_names[array_method-__pos__]"
diff --git a/pykokkos/interface/views.py b/pykokkos/interface/views.py
index 0c25dd15..7005fd52 100644
--- a/pykokkos/interface/views.py
+++ b/pykokkos/interface/views.py
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ def __array__(self, dtype=None):
         return self.data
 
 
+    def __pos__(self):
+        return pk.positive(self)
+
+
     @staticmethod
     def _get_dtype_name(type_name: str) -> str:
         """
@@ -520,11 +524,42 @@ def _get_base_view(self, parent_view: Union[Subview, View]) -> View:
         return base_view
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, View):
-            if len(self.data) == 0 and len(other.data) == 0:
-                return True
-            result_of_eq = self.data == other.data
-            return result_of_eq
+        # avoid circular import with scoped import
+        from pykokkos.lib.ufuncs import equal
+        if isinstance(other, float):
+            new_other = pk.View((), dtype=pk.double)
+            new_other[:] = other
+        elif isinstance(other, bool):
+            new_other = pk.View((), dtype=pk.bool)
+            new_other[:] = other
+        elif isinstance(other, int):
+            if self.ndim == 0:
+                ret = pk.View((), dtype=pk.bool)
+                ret[:] = int(self) == other
+                return ret
+            if 0 <= other <= 255:
+                other_dtype = pk.uint8
+            elif 0 <= other <= 65535:
+                other_dtype = pk.uint16
+            elif 0 <= other <= 4294967295:
+                other_dtype = pk.uint32
+            elif 0 <= other <= 18446744073709551615:
+                other_dtype = pk.uint64
+            elif -128 <= other <= 127:
+                other_dtype = pk.int8
+            elif -32768 <= other <= 32767:
+                other_dtype = pk.int16
+            elif -2147483648 <= other <= 2147483647:
+                other_dtype = pk.int32
+            elif -9223372036854775808 <= other <= 9223372036854775807:
+                other_dtype = pk.int64
+            new_other = pk.View((), dtype=other_dtype)
+            new_other[:] = other
+        elif isinstance(other, pk.Subview):
+            new_other = other
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("unexpected types!")
+        return equal(self, new_other)
 
 
     def __add__(self, other):
diff --git a/pykokkos/lib/ufuncs.py b/pykokkos/lib/ufuncs.py
index 2bdf1a7a..1f20a993 100644
--- a/pykokkos/lib/ufuncs.py
+++ b/pykokkos/lib/ufuncs.py
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ def _typematch_views(view1, view2):
             if dtype_1_width >= dtype_2_width:
                 effective_dtype = dtype1
                 view2_new = pk.View([*view2.shape], dtype=effective_dtype)
-                view2_new[:] = view2
+                view2_new[:] = view2.data
                 view2 = view2_new
             else:
                 effective_dtype = dtype2
                 view1_new = pk.View([*view1.shape], dtype=effective_dtype)
-                view1_new[:] = view1
+                view1_new[:] = view1.data
                 view1 = view1_new
     return view1, view2, effective_dtype
 
@@ -1152,15 +1152,6 @@ def negative(view):
     return out
 
 
-@pk.workunit
-def positive_impl_1d_double(tid: int, view: pk.View1D[pk.double], out: pk.View1D[pk.double]):
-    out[tid] = view[tid]
-
-
-@pk.workunit
-def positive_impl_1d_float(tid: int, view: pk.View1D[pk.float], out: pk.View1D[pk.float]):
-    out[tid] = view[tid]
-
 def positive(view):
     """
     Element-wise positive of the view;
@@ -1177,16 +1168,11 @@ def positive(view):
            Output view.
 
     """
-    if len(view.shape) > 1:
-        raise NotImplementedError("only 1D views currently supported for positive() ufunc.")
-    if str(view.dtype) == "DataType.double":
-        out = pk.View([view.shape[0]], pk.double)
-        pk.parallel_for(view.shape[0], positive_impl_1d_double, view=view, out=out)
-    elif str(view.dtype) == "DataType.float":
-        out = pk.View([view.shape[0]], pk.float)
-        pk.parallel_for(view.shape[0], positive_impl_1d_float, view=view, out=out)
+    if view.shape == ():
+        out = pk.View((), dtype=view.dtype)
     else:
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        out = pk.View([*view.shape], dtype=view.dtype)
+    out[...] = view
     return out
 
 
@@ -2442,6 +2428,10 @@ def isnan(view):
         tid = 1
     else:
         tid = view.shape[0]
+    if view.ndim == 0:
+        new_view = pk.View([1], dtype=view.dtype)
+        new_view[0] = view
+        view = new_view
     _ufunc_kernel_dispatcher(tid=tid,
                              dtype=dtype,
                              ndims=ndims,
@@ -2493,7 +2483,9 @@ def equal(view1, view2):
            Output view.
     """
     if view1.size == 0 and view2.size == 0:
-        return pk.View((), dtype=pk.bool)
+        ret =  pk.View((), dtype=pk.bool)
+        ret[...] = 1
+        return ret
     view1, view2 = _broadcast_views(view1, view2)
     dtype1 = view1.dtype
     dtype2 = view2.dtype
@@ -2506,6 +2498,14 @@ def equal(view1, view2):
         tid = 1
     else:
         tid = view1.shape[0]
+    if isinstance(view1, pk.Subview):
+        new_view = pk.View((), dtype=view1.dtype)
+        new_view[:] = view1.data
+        view1 = new_view
+    if isinstance(view2, pk.Subview):
+        new_view = pk.View((), dtype=view2.dtype)
+        new_view[:] = view2.data
+        view2 = new_view
     _ufunc_kernel_dispatcher(tid=tid,
                              dtype=effective_dtype,
                              ndims=ndims,