ChebyshevDistance[u,v]
gives the Chebyshev or sup norm distance between vectors u and v.


ChebyshevDistance
ChebyshevDistance[u,v]
gives the Chebyshev or sup norm distance between vectors u and v.
Examples
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Scope (2)
Properties & Relations (4)
Chebyshev distance is the maximum of absolute differences:
ChebyshevDistance is equivalent to a Norm of a difference:
ChebyshevDistance is less than or equal to ManhattanDistance:
ChebyshevDistance is less than or equal to EuclideanDistance:
Tech Notes
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), ChebyshevDistance, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ChebyshevDistance.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "ChebyshevDistance." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ChebyshevDistance.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). ChebyshevDistance. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ChebyshevDistance.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_chebyshevdistance, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ChebyshevDistance}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ChebyshevDistance.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_chebyshevdistance, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ChebyshevDistance}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ChebyshevDistance.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}