vector space
noun
: a set of vectors along with operations of addition and multiplication such that the set is a commutative group under addition, it includes a multiplicative inverse, and multiplication by scalars is both associative and distributive
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Similar words, like elegant and fancy, will have similar vectors, and will also be near each other in the vector space.
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
Words are too complex to represent in only two dimensions, so language models use vector spaces with hundreds or even thousands of dimensions.
—Timothy B. Lee and Sean Trott, Ars Technica, 31 July 2023
The students then learned to map out the likely impact of teeth scrubbing on plaque growth, before pivoting to other possible applications of advanced concepts like vector spaces and differential equations.
—Daniel Mollenkamp, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
In this world, each vector space has only a finite number of vectors.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
Retailers were among the first companies to take advantage of early AI and machine learning technology like vector space model search and semantic vector modeling.
—Cory Cummings, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
The subspace design problem deals with n-dimensional vector spaces and their subspaces.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
Various subspaces lie inside each vector space.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
The corresponding transformations in this case are called linear transformations, and each must have a specified source and target vector space indicating which kinds of vectors arise as inputs and outputs.
—Emily Riehl, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2021
IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
Words are too complex to represent in only two dimensions, so language models use vector spaces with hundreds or even thousands of dimensions.
—Timothy B. Lee and Sean Trott, Ars Technica, 31 July 2023
The students then learned to map out the likely impact of teeth scrubbing on plaque growth, before pivoting to other possible applications of advanced concepts like vector spaces and differential equations.
—Daniel Mollenkamp, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
In this world, each vector space has only a finite number of vectors.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
Retailers were among the first companies to take advantage of early AI and machine learning technology like vector space model search and semantic vector modeling.
—Cory Cummings, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
The subspace design problem deals with n-dimensional vector spaces and their subspaces.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
Various subspaces lie inside each vector space.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
The corresponding transformations in this case are called linear transformations, and each must have a specified source and target vector space indicating which kinds of vectors arise as inputs and outputs.
—Emily Riehl, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2021
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“Vector space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vector%20space. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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