norm

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triangle inequality

  • In triangle inequality

    Measures are called norms, which are typically indicated by enclosing an entity from the space in a pair of single or double vertical lines, | | or || ||. For example, real numbers a and b, with the absolute value as a norm, obey a version of the…

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