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What is the geometric interpretation of SVM?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

SVM finds a hyperplane that maximizes the distance between two classes in feature space.

Deep explanation

Geometrically, SVM constructs a separating hyperplane and two parallel margin boundaries. The optimal hyperplane lies equidistant from the closest points (support vectors) of both classes.

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