taxicab geometry
type of metric geometry
Facts
6 properties- Instance of
- metric function, Minkowski distance[3]
- Defining formula
- d(a,b)=\sum_{i} \left|a_i-b_i\right|[7]
- Discoverer or inventor
- Hermann Minkowski[2]
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics[9]
- Studied by
- category theory[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en taxicab geometry
en taxicab length
en Manhattan length
en Minkowski's L1 distance
en city block distance
en Manhattan distance
en rectilinear distance
en taxi cab metric
ar هندسة سيارة الأجرة
cs Manhattanská vzdálenost
cs Newyorská metrika
cs Manhattanská metrika
de Cityblock-Metrik
de Manhattan-Abstand
de Taxi-Metrik
de City-Block-Distanz
de Taximetrik
de Mannheimer Metrik
de Manhattan-Distanz
de Manhattan-Metrik
🔖 Identifiers · 5
- Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID
- manhattanDistance, rectilinearDistance
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- topic/taxicab-metric
- Freebase ID
- /m/024rcq
- MathWorld ID
- TaxicabMetric
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
- 20790398
🔗 Connections
Named after 3
Instance of 2
Discoverer or inventor 1
Maintained by WikiProject 1
Studied by 1
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary
taxicab geometry is a metric function[1].