Minkowski distance

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

Class type of: metric function Q2414361

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Subclass of: metric function^[2]
Defining formula: \rho(x,y) = \left(\sum_{i=1}^n |x_i-y_i|^p\right)^{1/p}
Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics^[3]
Named after: Hermann Minkowski^[1]
P14541: 3gwgk6^[4]

🏷️ Also known as

en Minkowski distance da Minkowski-distance fr distance de Minkowski id jarak Minkowski it distanza di Minkowski ja ミンコフスキー距離 ko 민코프스키 거리 pl Odległość Minkowskiego pl Metryka Minkowskiego ro distanță Minkowski ru метрика Минковского ru расстояние Минковского tr Minkowski mesafesi uk Відстань Мінковського zh 明氏距离 zh-hant 明氏距離

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OpenAlex ID: C110765721
Image (Wikimedia Commons): 2D unit balls.svg ↗
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID: MinkowskiDistance
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: 51242
Freebase ID: /m/04_15pq
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 110765721

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Euclidean distance, taxicab geometry, Chebyshev distance

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Hermann Minkowski

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WikiProject Mathematics

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Hermann Minkowski

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metric function

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