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maths.chebyshev_distance.chebyshev_distance(point_a: list[float], point_b: list[float]) → float¶

This function calculates the Chebyshev distance (also known as the Chessboard distance) between two n-dimensional points represented as lists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chebyshev_distance

>>> chebyshev_distance([1.0, 1.0], [2.0, 2.0])
1.0
>>> chebyshev_distance([1.0, 1.0, 9.0], [2.0, 2.0, -5.2])
14.2
>>> chebyshev_distance([1.0], [2.0, 2.0])
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
ValueError: Both points must have the same dimension.