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Taxicab geometry


 

Taxicab geometry, considered by Hermann Minkowski in the 19th century, is a form of geometry in which the usual metric of Euclidean geometry is replaced by a new metric in which the distance between two points is the sum of the (absolute) differences of their coordinates.

Related Topics:
Hermann Minkowski - 19th century - Geometry - Metric - Euclidean geometry

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