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  2. Distance from a point to a line - Wikipedia

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    The distance (or perpendicular distance) from a point to a line is the shortest distance from a fixed point to any point on a fixed infinite line in Euclidean geometry. It is the length of the line segment which joins the point to the line and is perpendicular to the line. The formula for calculating it can be derived and expressed in several ways.

  3. Signed distance function - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics and its applications, the signed distance function or signed distance field (SDF) is the orthogonal distance of a given point x to the boundary of a set Ω in a metric space (such as the surface of a geometric shape), with the sign determined by whether or not x is in the interior of Ω.

  4. Wasserstein metric - Wikipedia

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    By carefully writing the above equations as matrix equations, we obtain its dual problem: [15] {, () + () + (,) and by the duality theorem of linear programming, since the primal problem is feasible and bounded, so is the dual problem, and the minimum in the first problem equals the maximum in the second problem.

  5. List of unsolved problems in mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Many mathematical problems have been stated but not yet solved. These problems come from many areas of mathematics, such as theoretical physics, computer science, algebra, analysis, combinatorics, algebraic, differential, discrete and Euclidean geometries, graph theory, group theory, model theory, number theory, set theory, Ramsey theory, dynamical systems, and partial differential equations.

  6. Equations of motion - Wikipedia

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    Galileo deduced the equation s = ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ gt 2 in his work geometrically, [4] using the Merton rule, now known as a special case of one of the equations of kinematics. Galileo was the first to show that the path of a projectile is a parabola. Galileo had an understanding of centrifugal force and gave a correct definition of momentum. This ...

  7. Vincenty's formulae - Wikipedia

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    Given the coordinates of the two points (Φ 1, L 1) and (Φ 2, L 2), the inverse problem finds the azimuths α 1, α 2 and the ellipsoidal distance s. Calculate U 1, U 2 and L, and set initial value of λ = L. Then iteratively evaluate the following equations until λ converges:

  8. Parametric equation - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a parametric equation expresses several quantities, such as the coordinates of a point, as functions of one or several variables called parameters. [ 1 ] In the case of a single parameter, parametric equations are commonly used to express the trajectory of a moving point, in which case, the parameter is often, but not ...

  9. Total variation distance of probability measures - Wikipedia

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    The total variation distance is half of the L 1 distance between the probability functions: on discrete domains, this is the distance between the probability mass functions [4] (,) = | () |, and when the distributions have standard probability density functions p and q, [5]