Definition
If (X, d) is a metric space, the signed distance function f is defined by
where
and 'inf' denotes the infimum.
Algorithms for calculating the signed distance function include the efficient fast marching method and the more general but slower level set method.
Signed distance functions are applied for example in computer vision.
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