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Embedding Similarity & Quantization

Master vector similarity (cosine vs dot product), optimize dimensions with Matryoshka learning, and implement scalar (INT8), product (PQ), and binary (BQ) quantization for billion-scale retrieval systems.

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Cosine Similarity

Dot Product

Embedding Dimensions

Scalar Quantization

Product Quantization

Binary Quantization

Matryoshka Representation Learning

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