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  2. Mount Index - Wikipedia

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    The standard route on the main peak climbs the east side of the peak from Lake Serene. The standard route on the North Peak is the North Face Route, which is a long, moderately technical climb (Grade III, Class 5.6). Mount Index was once known as West Index Mountain, [2] and Baring Mountain was known as Mount Index instead. [3]

  3. Mountain climbing problem - Wikipedia

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    A trivial example. In mathematics, the mountain climbing problem is a mathematical problem that considers a two-dimensional mountain range (represented as a continuous function), and asks whether it is possible for two mountain climbers starting at sea level on the left and right sides of the mountain to meet at the summit, while maintaining equal altitudes at all times.

  4. Hill climbing - Wikipedia

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    Hill climbing attempts to maximize (or minimize) a target function (), where is a vector of continuous and/or discrete values. At each iteration, hill climbing will adjust a single element in and determine whether the change improves the value of ().

  5. List of mountain peaks by prominence - Wikipedia

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    Chart showing the relationship between the 100 peaks with highest prominence in the world. (In the SVG version, hover over a peak to highlight its parent(s) and click it to view its article.) This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence.

  6. Topographic isolation - Wikipedia

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    The nearest peak to Germany's highest mountain, the 2,962-metre (9,718 ft) high Zugspitze, that has a 2,962-metre (9,718 ft) contour is the 2,988-metre (9,803 ft) Zwölferkogel in Austria's Stubai Alps. The distance between the Zugspitze and this contour is 25.8 kilometres (16 mi); the Zugspitze is thus the highest peak for a radius of 25.8 ...

  7. Index Peak (Wyoming) - Wikipedia

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    Index Peak, el. 10,709 feet (3,264 m), is a prominent mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Park County, Wyoming. The peak is visible from US Route 212 , the Beartooth Highway just east of the Northeast Entrance Station to Yellowstone National Park .

  8. Glossary of climbing terms - Wikipedia

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    A A-grade Also aid climbing grade. The technical difficulty grading system for aid climbing (both for "original" and an adapted version for "new wave"), which goes: A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and up to A6 (for "new wave"). See C-grade. Abalakov thread Abalakov thread Also V-thread. A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing. ABD Also assisted braking device. A term ...

  9. Ternary search - Wikipedia

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    def ternary_search (f, left, right, absolute_precision)-> float: """Find maximum of unimodal function f() within [left, right]. To find the minimum, reverse the if/else statement or reverse the comparison. """ while abs (right-left) >= absolute_precision: left_third = left + (right-left) / 3 right_third = right-(right-left) / 3 if f (left_third) < f (right_third): left = left_third else: right ...