Thanks for the pointers! > `array.reduce( (a,b)=>a+b )` (Although I wouldn't object to `Math.sum()`) Yes; no objections here.
> `Math.hypot(...array)`
I'm aware of `Math.hypot`, but it only covers `p = 2`. The important thing
about `Math.hypot` is that it doesn't demolish numbers with high magnitudes in
the process of raising them to the power of two.
It would be great to have the same safety for other cases (i.e. `p = 3`) as
well. The idea was to generalize the concept for every `p`.
> Will DOMPoint solve your use cases? (Personal annoyance: you can't index
> DOMPoint numerically.)
Unfortunately, `DOMPoint` would be a Web API, which might (and probably will)
not be available in other environments.
Essentially, what I'm suggesting is an environment-indepdendent `Vector`
class, though I'm reluctant to go into more detail, as I feel that hardly
anyone would want a `Vector` without proper operator overloading.
On Monday, June 5, 2017 1:09:21 PM CEST peter miller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > In mathematics, the p-norm of a vector is defined as in [1].
> >
> > For p = 1, we get the taxicab norm,
>
> `array.reduce( (a,b)=>a+b )` (Although I wouldn't object to `Math.sum()`)
>
> > for p = 2 we get the Euclidean norm,
>
> `Math.hypot(...array)`
>
> > and
> > for the limit as p → ±∞ we get the maximum/minimum norm.
>
> `Math.max(...array)`
>
> > Particularly the Euclidean norm is pretty common in graphics-related
> > code.
> >
> > This could be implemented as an addition to`TypedArray.prototype`.
> >
> > A rough sketch might look like so:
> >
> > ```js
> > TypedArray.prototype.norm = function(p) {
> >
> > if (Number.isNaN(p)) {
> >
> > return p;
> >
> > }
> > const { abs, min, max, sign } = Math;
> > if (Number.isFinite(p)) {
> >
> > return this.map(x => abs(x) ** p).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) **
> > (1 /
> >
> > p);
> >
> > }
> > return abs((sign(p) === 1 ? max : min)(...this));
> >
> > };
> > ```
> >
> > Since norms are a little too specific for `Array` (as they don't
> > necessarily
> > contain numerical values), it might be worth pondering about a
> > native`Vector`
> > implementation.
>
> Will DOMPoint solve your use cases? (Personal annoyance: you can't index
> DOMPoint numerically.)
>
>
> Peter
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