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What is the role of KL divergence in t-SNE?
Updated May 16, 2026
Short answer
KL divergence measures mismatch between high-dimensional and low-dimensional distributions.
Deep explanation
t-SNE minimizes KL divergence between probability distributions representing pairwise similarities in high and low dimensions, ensuring similar points stay close.
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