Dimensions and degrees of freedom
Number of features vs number of dimensions
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4 min readMar 6, 2019
The dimension of a mathematical object is the number of independent variables needed to fully describe it. A point has 0 dimensions. A line has 1 dimension, a square has 2 dimensions and a cube has 3 dimensions. On a line we need one variable, let’s say the distance from a starting point in order to pinpoint our position. On a square…
