Equation 16 · Part 1 · Embeddings and the Geometry of Similarity
Symbol L_3
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is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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with C constant, while typical distances themselves grow like . Relative contrast therefore decays with dimension, and the constant shrinks as k rises — which is why they conclude that is preferable to in high dimensions, to , and that fractional norms preserve contrast better still [ 12 ] .
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