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Developed byEuclid of Alexandria
Foundedcirca 300 BCE
Licensepublic domain mathematical concept
Use casemeasuring straight-line distance between points in Euclidean space
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Euclidean Distance

concept

Straight-line distance between two points in Euclidean space, commonly used in vector similarity.

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based on

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Euclidean geometry○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Pythagorean theorem○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports model

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two-dimensional coordinate systems○UnverifiedHighFresh1
three-dimensional coordinate systems○UnverifiedHighFresh1
n-dimensional vector spaces○UnverifiedHighFresh1
K-means clustering○UnverifiedHighFresh1

license type

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public domain mathematical concept○UnverifiedHighFresh1
public domain○UnverifiedHighFresh1

primary use case

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measuring straight-line distance between points in Euclidean space○UnverifiedHighFresh1
measuring straight-line distance between two points in Euclidean space○UnverifiedHighFresh1
vector similarity measurement○UnverifiedHighFresh1
machine learning similarity calculations○UnverifiedHighFresh1
k-nearest neighbors algorithm○UnverifiedHighFresh1
machine learning distance calculations○UnverifiedHighFresh1
clustering algorithms○UnverifiedHighFresh1
machine learning algorithms for clustering and classification○UnverifiedHighFresh1
computer vision applications○UnverifiedHighFresh1
machine learning feature similarity○UnverifiedHighFresh1
computer graphics and game development○UnverifiedHighFresh1
machine learning similarity measurement○UnverifiedHighFresh1
similarity measurement in machine learning○UnverifiedHighFresh1
image processing and computer vision○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

mathematical formula

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square root of sum of squared differences between coordinates○UnverifiedHighFresh1

metric property

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satisfies triangle inequality○UnverifiedHighFresh1

integrates with

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NumPy○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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SciPy○UnverifiedHighFresh1
TensorFlow○UnverifiedHighFresh1
PyTorch○UnverifiedHighFresh1
k-nearest neighbors algorithm○UnverifiedHighFresh1
clustering algorithms○UnverifiedHighFresh1
support vector machines○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

commonly used in

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

named after

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Euclid of Alexandria○UnverifiedHighFresh1

implemented in

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scikit-learn○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

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coordinate system○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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Euclid of Alexandria○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Euclid○UnverifiedHighFresh1

alternative to

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

computational complexity

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O(n) where n is number of dimensions○UnverifiedHighFresh1

founded year

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circa 300 BCE○UnverifiedHighFresh1
300 BCE○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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Commonly Used With

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