Function Index
MinkowskiDistance
MinkowskiDistance[
{x
0
,
x
1
,
...}
,
{y
0
,
y
1
,
...}
,
] returns the Minkowski distance between points {x
0
,
x
1
,
...} and {y
0
,
y
1
,
...}.
MinkowskiDistance
[{x
0
,
x
1
,
...}
,
{{y
1,0
,
y
1,1
,
...}
,
{y
2,0
,
y
2,1
,
...}
,
...}
,
] returns a list of Minkowski distances between point {x
0
,
x
1
,
...} and list of points {{y
1,0
,
y
1,1
,
...}
,
{y
2,0
,
y
2,1
,
...}
,
...}.
MinkowskiDistance
is defined as
where X={x
0
,x
1
,... x
N-1
} and Y= {y
0
,y
1
,... y
N-1
}.
The Minkowski distance with
is equivalent to Euclidean distance.
See also User's Guide
7.5
.
Example
This loads the package.
In[1]:=
Here we calculate the distance between two points.
In[2]:=
Out[2]=
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] returns the Minkowski distance between points {x0
is equivalent to Euclidean distance.
![Out[2]=](HTMLImages/MinkowskiDistance.en/MinkowskiDistance.en_i_3.gif){kind=small}
