Minkowski distance

distance between vectors or points computed as the pth root of the sum of pth powers of coordinate differences
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Minkowski distance

Summary

Minkowski distance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Minkowski distance's image is recorded as 2D unit balls.svg[2].
  • Hermann Minkowski is named after Minkowski distance[3].
  • Minkowski distance's subclass of is recorded as metric function[4].
  • Minkowski distance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_15pq[5].
  • Minkowski distance's defining formula is recorded as \rho(x,y) = \left(\sum_{i=1}^n |x_i-y_i|^p\right)^{1/p}[6].
  • Minkowski distance's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as MinkowskiDistance[7].
  • Minkowski distance's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[8].
  • Minkowski distance's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 110765721[9].
  • Minkowski distance's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C110765721[10].
  • Minkowski distance's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 51242[11].

Why It Matters

Minkowski distance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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