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The analytical solution of the additive constant problem

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Ifd is a measure of dissimilarity on a finite set withn elements, the smallest positive constantc* such thatd +c has an euclidean representation for allcc* is shown to be the largest eigen-value of a matrix of size 2n.

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Cailliez, F. The analytical solution of the additive constant problem. Psychometrika 48, 305–308 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02294026

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