A binary hypothesis class is a family of functions from an input space to a two-element label set, commonly .
A classifier is a function that assigns an input to one of a discrete set of labels. A binary classifier has two possible labels.
An affine linear classifier assigns binary labels according to the sign of an affine function. Its boundary is an affine hyperplane, and its positive region is a closed half-space under the displayed convention. On the full class has VC dimension : arbitrary signs interpolate on affinely independent points, while the intersecting convex hull partition theorem prevents shattering any points. Requiring gives the homogeneous case and a different VC dimension.
The sign function records whether a real number is positive or negative, with a convention chosen separately at zero.
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