taxicab geometry

Summary

taxicab geometry is a metric function^[1]. It draws 466 Wikipedia views per month (metric_function category, ranking #3 of 20).^[2]

Key Facts

• taxicab geometry is credited with the discovery of Hermann Minkowski^[3].
• taxicab geometry's image is recorded as Manhattan distance.svg^[4].
• taxicab geometry's instance of is recorded as metric function^[5].
• taxicab geometry's instance of is recorded as Minkowski distance^[6].
• Manhattan is named after taxicab geometry^[7].
• Hermann Minkowski is named after taxicab geometry^[8].
• taxi is named after taxicab geometry^[9].
• taxicab geometry's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/024rcq^[10].
• taxicab geometry's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/taxicab-metric^[11].
• taxicab geometry's defining formula is recorded as d(a,b)=\sum_{i} \left|a_i-b_i\right|^[12].
• taxicab geometry's studied by is recorded as category theory^[13].
• taxicab geometry's MathWorld ID is recorded as TaxicabMetric^[14].
• taxicab geometry's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as manhattanDistance^[15].
• taxicab geometry's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as rectilinearDistance^[16].
• taxicab geometry's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[17].
• taxicab geometry's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 20790398^[18].

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Works and Contributions

taxicab geometry is credited with the discovery of Hermann Minkowski^[3].

Why It Matters

taxicab geometry draws 466 Wikipedia views per month (metric_function category, ranking #3 of 20).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]