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Chebyshev distance
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English
Etymology
Named after Pafnuty Chebyshev.
Noun
en math A metric defined on a vector space where the distance between two vectors is the greatest of their differences along any coordinate dimension.
en chessboard distance
Alternative forms
en Tchebychev distance
Translations
metric using greatest differences
Bulgarian: bg чебишево разстояние n
See also
en Cartesian distance, en Euclidean distance
en Manhattan distance, en taxicab distance
en eponyms