Questions tagged [nearest]
Questions on the usage of Nearest and creating a custom distance function for it; also on NearestNeighborGraph, RegionNearest, GeoNearest and related concepts.
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3 votes
1 answer
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Nearest without element itself
Is there a smart way to get nearest (given number num to given element elem) elements of list, except element itself? This works ...
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1 vote
1 answer
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`FindMinimum` can't evaluate `Nearest` numerically
I'm trying to use Nearest as a function to minimize over: a toy example is ...
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6 votes
1 answer
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Fastest Way to Find nearest indices between two sorted lists
I have a sorted list of floats of length n and an n x n list of lists, where each nested ...
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2 votes
2 answers
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Finding the minimal distance of a point from an interpolated function
I have an interpolating parametric function (solution of a set of differential equations) and I have an external point. I would like to find the minimal distance between this point and the ...
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1 vote
1 answer
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Finding the smallest bounding simplex [closed]
I would like to find the subset of points from a set of d-dimensional points that defines the smallest bounding simplex around a given point. For example, given a set of 3-dimensional points S1 and ...
3 votes
1 answer
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How do I create an STL file from nearest neighbour graph edges?
I'm trying to figure out to deal with (and design) .stl files within Mathematica. As an example, I would like to generate a FCC lattice without the atoms (but connecting all nearest neighbours), and ...
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1 vote
2 answers
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How to find the shortest distance between two regions?
I need to find the shortest distance between the two regions and the two points of the shortest distance, but the following code cannot achieve this requirement: ...
