Similarity Metrics, Metrics, and Conditionally Negative Definite Functions

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Daniel Alpay, Chapman UniversityFollow
Liora Mayats-Alpay, Chapman University

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Article

Publication Date

5-20-2025

Abstract

We give an example of a similarity metric which is not positive definite, and present a general theorem which provides a large family of similarity metrics which are positive definite.

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This article was originally published in Theoretical Computer Science, volume 1047, in 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2025.115326

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D. Alpay, L. Mayats-Alpay, Similarity metrics, metrics, and conditionally negative definite functions, Theor. Comput. Sci. 1047 (2025) 115326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2025.115326

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