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Well, in a large scale, performing a gradient descent on the earth should always end at an ocean or at an endorheic basin. Sure, when you increase the "resolut
by ucaetano 9y ago
Well, in a large scale, performing a gradient descent on the earth should always end at an ocean or at an endorheic basin.
Sure, when you increase the "resolution" to meters or smaller, there will be an endless number of mini-endorheic basins. For example, the former Collect Pond in NYC:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect_Pond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect_Pond
- mdturnerphys 9y agoAny lake or pond is a local minimum. If it has an outlet it's only because the water level has risen to the point that it can escape.
- sitkack 9y agoWhich if we want to continue this analogy, when GD finds a local minimum, it needs to start filling that basin so it can escape.