In mathematics, the Euclidean distance between two points in a Euclidean space is the length of the line segment between them. It can be calculated from the Cartesian coordinates of the two points using the Pythagorean theorem, and for this reason it is occasionally called the Pythagorean distance. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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In mathematics, the Euclidean distance between two points in a Euclidean space is the length of the line segment between them.
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The distance formula itself was first published in 1731 by Alexis Clairaut.
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