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The latency of the operation will be slightly higher if we add the `sqrt`, only making the difference bigger... bigger than 2500x. PS: Even though it wasn't in
by ashvardanian 3y ago
The latency of the operation will be slightly higher if we add the `sqrt`, only making the difference bigger... bigger than 2500x.
PS: Even though it wasn't intended in that specific case, square roots are often avoided in vector search, most commonly in Euclidean distance computations. Even without the square root, the triangle inequality holds, you can use it to find the closest object, it's just you don't know how close it is :)
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- nilslindemann 3y agoExcuse me?