Parameters of a method are specified in the method declaration. When we call a method, we must provide values that match with the types of the parameters. In the following example, the sum method accepts two integers and returns their …
Linear Functions A function \(f\colon F_2^n \to F_2\) is linear if \(f(x+y) = f(x) +f(y)\) for all \(x,y\in F_2^n\). Equivalently, \(f\) is linear if and only if there exists \(a\in F_2^n\) such that \(f(x) = ax\), or there exists \(S\subseteq …
Nearest neighbor search is common in geographical databases. Here we consider searching for nearby locations in a large geographical database. Many commercial databases have geographical indexes supporting such queries; however, in MySQL there is no simple implementation. We show a …
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The String class provides a method equals() to compare string values. The double equal sign == only compares the references, not the values. Here “a” and “b” are pointing to two different String objects. The equals() method will check the …