Comments on: Understanding Pythagorean Distance and the Gradient https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-pythagorean-distance-and-the-gradient/ Math lessons that click Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yi Zhang https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-pythagorean-distance-and-the-gradient/#comment-568169 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 17:41:00 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/?p=1460#comment-568169 The fun part is that if the payoff along an axis is negative, its derivative along that axis will also be negative, meaning the gradient is going the opposite direction along this axis to retain is direction to the steepest increase.

]]> By: Sanjay Thorat https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-pythagorean-distance-and-the-gradient/#comment-567983 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 11:38:58 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/?p=1460#comment-567983 Hello Kalid, I am loving your articles. Are you by any chance studying Differential Geometry and Topology? If yes, are you going to write articles on them? I would love to have those articles here as I want to study these topics in preparation for understanding Theory Of General Relativity. (I am a Software Engineer by profession, but curious to understand GR, QM, ST theories of physics)

]]> By: Sanjay Thorat https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-pythagorean-distance-and-the-gradient/#comment-567982 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:54:36 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/?p=1460#comment-567982 When I first read the article, I found it very complicated and too long, but then I reflected over it for a day and came back to it again and found it wonderful! Thank you for the great insights given in this article as you did in others. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: kalid https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-pythagorean-distance-and-the-gradient/#comment-567855 Fri, 15 May 2020 18:27:10 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/?p=1460#comment-567855 In reply to Eli Child.

Thanks Eli, it’s awesome to hear it clicked! Glad you’re enjoying the site.

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