The term minimum distance may refer to
- Minimum distance estimation, a statistical method for fitting a model to data
- Closest pair of points problem, the algorithmic problem of finding two points that have the minimum distance among a larger set of points
- Euclidean distance, the minimum length of any curve between two points in the plane
- Shortest path problem, the minimum length of a path between two points in a graph
- The minimum distance of a block code in coding theory, the smallest Hamming distance between any two of its code words
Famous quotes containing the words minimum and/or distance:
“There are ... two minimum conditions necessary and sufficient for the existence of a legal system. On the one hand those rules of behavior which are valid according to the system’s ultimate criteria of validity must be generally obeyed, and on the other hand, its rules of recognition specifying the criteria of legal validity and its rules of change and adjudication must be effectively accepted as common public standards of official behavior by its officials.”
—H.L.A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus)
“Let me approach at least, and touch thy hand.
[Samson:] Not for thy life, lest fierce remembrance wake
My sudden rage to tear thee joint by joint.
At distance I forgive thee, go with that;
Bewail thy falsehood, and the pious works
It hath brought forth to make thee memorable
Among illustrious women, faithful wives:
Cherish thy hast’n’d widowhood with the gold
Of Matrimonial treason: so farewel.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)