Triangle Inequality - Mathematics & Logic - Pure Mathematics Dictionary Definition A metric-space statement that for any three points x, y, z the distance from x to z does not exceed the sum of the distances from x to y and from y to z; symbolically d(x,z) ≤ d(x,y)+d(y,z).
Triangle Inequality - Mathematics & Logic - Pure Mathematics Dictionary Definition A metric-space statement that for any three points x, y, z the distance from x to z does not exceed the sum of the distances from x to y and from y to z; symbolically d(x,z) ≤ d(x,y)+d(y,z).