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Uniqueness of lattice packings and coverings of extreme density

  • Peter M. Gruber EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: August 12, 2011
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Advances in Geometry
From the journal Volume 11 Issue 4

Abstract

For d = 2, 3 a generic convex body in has a unique lattice packing and for d ≥ 4 at most a(d) lattice packings of maximum density, where a(d) ≥ 1 is a constant. If in a certain connectedness property holds, one may take a(d) = 1. Dually, for d = 2 a generic convex body has a unique lattice covering of minimum density and for d ≥ 3 there is a constant b(d) ≥ 1 such that it has at most b(d) such coverings.

Received: 2010-10-29
Published Online: 2011-08-12
Published in Print: 2011-November

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