The straight line joining any two points in n-dimensional real space is a line segment. More specifically, if x 1 and x 2 are the two points, then the set of points {x | x = (1 − λ)x 1 + λ x 2,0 ≤ λ ≤ 1} is the line segment joining x 1 and x 2. Line.
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Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (2001). Line segment . In: Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0611-X_546
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