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Overview
Developed byEuclid
Foundedcirca 300 BCE
Licensepublic domain
Use casemeasuring straight-line distance between two points in space
Technical
Protocols
L2 norm
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Euclidean Distance

concept

Straight-line distance between two points in multidimensional space

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primary use case

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measuring straight-line distance between two points in space○UnverifiedHighFresh1
measuring straight-line distance between two points in Euclidean space○UnverifiedHighFresh1
measuring straight-line distance between points in Euclidean space○UnverifiedHighFresh1
machine learning similarity measurement○UnverifiedHighFresh1
computer graphics and game development○UnverifiedHighFresh1
machine learning similarity measurements○UnverifiedHighFresh1
geographic information systems○UnverifiedHighFresh1
machine learning feature similarity○UnverifiedHighFresh1
k-nearest neighbors algorithm○UnverifiedHighFresh1
computer vision applications○UnverifiedHighFresh1
clustering algorithms○UnverifiedHighFresh1
image similarity comparison○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

mathematical property

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satisfies metric space axioms○UnverifiedHighFresh1

pricing model

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free○UnverifiedHighFresh1

license type

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public domain○UnverifiedHighFresh1

computational complexity

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O(n) time complexity○UnverifiedHighFresh1
O(n) where n is number of dimensions○UnverifiedHighFresh1
O(n) for n-dimensional points○UnverifiedHighFresh1

formula notation

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L2 norm○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

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coordinate system○UnverifiedHighFresh1

special case of

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Minkowski distance with p=2○UnverifiedHighFresh1

mathematical field

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metric geometry○UnverifiedHighFresh1
analytic geometry○UnverifiedHighFresh1

domain application

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machine learning○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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integrates with

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k-nearest neighbors algorithm○UnverifiedHighFresh1
k-means clustering algorithm○UnverifiedHighFresh1
scikit-learn○UnverifiedHighFresh1
NumPy○UnverifiedHighFresh1
SciPy○UnverifiedHighFresh1
k-means clustering○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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implemented in

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NumPy○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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used in

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machine learning algorithms○UnverifiedHighFresh1
k-nearest neighbors algorithm○UnverifiedHighFresh1
clustering algorithms○UnverifiedHighFresh1

mathematical domain

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metric geometry○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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Euclid○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Euclid of Alexandria○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports protocol

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L2 norm○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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Pythagorean theorem○UnverifiedHighFresh1

founded year

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circa 300 BCE○UnverifiedHighFresh1
300 BCE○UnverifiedHighFresh1

alternative to

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Cosine similarity○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Minkowski distance○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Manhattan distance○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Chebyshev distance○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Hamming distance○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Cosine distance○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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Commonly Used With

k-nearest neighbors algorithmk-means clustering algorithmscikit-learnNumPySciPyk-means clusteringprincipal component analysismachine learning algorithmssupport vector machines

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