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# scipy.spatial.minkowski_distance_p

scipy.spatial.minkowski_distance_p(x, y, p=2)

  Compute the pth power of the L**p distance between two arrays.

  For efficiency, this function computes the L**p distance but does not extract the pth root. If p is 1 or infinity, this is equal to the actual L**p distance.

  The last dimensions of x and y must be the same length. Any other dimensions must be compatible for broadcasting.

  Parameters:
    x(…, K) array_like

      Input array.

    y(…, K) array_like

      Input array.

    p float, 1 <= p <= infinity

      Which Minkowski p-norm to use.

  Returns:
    dist ndarray

      pth power of the distance between the input arrays.

  Examples

      >>> from scipy.spatial import minkowski_distance_p
      >>> minkowski_distance_p([[0, 0], [0, 0]], [[1, 1], [0, 1]])
      array([2, 1])