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A proof of the triangle inequality for the Tanimoto distance

A distance, or dissimilarity measure, can be defined based on the Tanimoto coefficient, a similarity measure widely applied to chemical structures. A new, simple proof that this distance satisfies the triangle inequality is presented.

A. H. Lipkus

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