 Distance between parallel planes (source code)

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= Distance between parallel planes
{title2=$|(a_1-a_2)\cdot n|$}

Planes with common unit normal $n$ have distance $|(a_1-a_2)\cdot n|$. Every joining displacement has this normal component, giving a lower bound by its absolute value; a displacement parallel to the normal attains the bound.

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