http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/ Learning shouldn't hurt. Let's share the insights that made difficult ideas click. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:09:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-254360 Kalid Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:39:33 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-254360 @ferret: Glad you liked it! @ferret: Glad you liked it!

]]> http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-253956 ferret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:48:45 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-253956 i know everything you said now on the posts! your math is so easy to learn and complete thanks i know everything you said now on the posts! your math is so easy to learn and complete thanks

]]> http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-250981 peter Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:19:07 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/measure-any-distance-with-the-pythagorean-theorem/#comment-250981 Was the correlation issue answered regarding the netflix example? I assume this is the orthorganal part of the problem, but I am not sure I understand how to determine orthorganality in this case. Likewise, is it accurate to say the PT is about "any" distance? The title of the post says "measuring any distance" but seems more like "any orthoganal vectors" would be the accurate phrase, no? Was the correlation issue answered regarding the netflix example? I assume this is the orthorganal part of the problem, but I am not sure I understand how to determine orthorganality in this case. Likewise, is it accurate to say the PT is about “any” distance? The title of the post says “measuring any distance” but seems more like “any orthoganal vectors” would be the accurate phrase, no?

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