python_distance


python_distance, a Python code which estimates the typical distance between a pair of points randomly selected from the surface or interior of a geometric object such as a circle, disk, sphere, cube, or between a pair of nongeometric objects.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

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Last revised on 20 August 2023.