Mahalanobis on Σ=diag(1,4), μ=0, x=(2,2): d² = 5

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Sympy-exact witness of the Mahalanobis quadratic-form metric on a diagonal 2×2 covariance. Setup: Σ = diag(1, 4) (feature-2 has 4× the variance of feature-1), μ = origin, x = (2, 2). d² = 2²·1⁻¹ + 2²·4⁻¹ = 4 + 1 = 5 exactly; d = √5. …

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