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  2. Euclidean distance - Wikipedia

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    Formulas for computing distances between different types of objects include: The distance from a point to a line, in the Euclidean plane [7] The distance from a point to a plane in three-dimensional Euclidean space [7] The distance between two lines in three-dimensional Euclidean space [8]

  3. Distance from a point to a line - Wikipedia

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    The distance from (x 0, y 0) to this line is measured along a vertical line segment of length |y 0 - (-c/b)| = |by 0 + c| / |b| in accordance with the formula. Similarly, for vertical lines (b = 0) the distance between the same point and the line is |ax 0 + c| / |a|, as measured along a horizontal line segment.

  4. Vincenty's formulae - Wikipedia

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    Vincenty's formulae are two related iterative methods used in geodesy to calculate the distance between two points on the surface of a spheroid, developed by Thaddeus Vincenty (1975a). They are based on the assumption that the figure of the Earth is an oblate spheroid, and hence are more accurate than methods that assume a spherical Earth, such ...

  5. Distance between two parallel lines - Wikipedia

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    Because the lines are parallel, the perpendicular distance between them is a constant, so it does not matter which point is chosen to measure the distance. Given the equations of two non-vertical parallel lines = + = +, the distance between the two lines is the distance between the two intersection points of these lines with the perpendicular ...

  6. Cross product - Wikipedia

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    By duality, this is equivalent to a function , (fixing any two inputs gives a function by evaluating on the third input) and in the presence of an inner product (such as the dot product; more generally, a non-degenerate bilinear form), we have an isomorphism , and thus this yields a map , which is the cross product: a (0,3)-tensor (3 vector ...

  7. Parallel (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Because parallel lines in a Euclidean plane are equidistant there is a unique distance between the two parallel lines. Given the equations of two non-vertical, non-horizontal parallel lines, = + = +, the distance between the two lines can be found by locating two points (one on each line) that lie on a common perpendicular to the parallel lines ...

  8. Hausdorff distance - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the Hausdorff distance, or Hausdorff metric, also called Pompeiu–Hausdorff distance, [1] [2] measures how far two subsets of a metric space are from each other. It turns the set of non-empty compact subsets of a metric space into a metric space in its own right.

  9. Spherical coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a spherical coordinate system specifies a given point in three-dimensional space by using a distance and two angles as its three coordinates. These are the radial distance r along the line connecting the point to a fixed point called the origin; the polar angle θ between this radial line and a given polar axis; [a] and