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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def calcLorenzDistance(self):
        '''
        Returns the sum of squared differences between simulated and target Lorenz points.

        Parameters
        ----------
        None

        Returns
        -------
        dist : float
            Sum of squared distances between simulated and target Lorenz points (sqrt)
        '''
        LorenzSim = np.mean(np.array(self.Lorenz_hist)[self.ignore_periods:,:],axis=0)
        dist = np.sqrt(np.sum((100*(LorenzSim - self.LorenzTarget))**2))
        self.LorenzDistance = dist
        return dist