Questions tagged [euclidean-lattices]
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On shortest vector problem
Assume we have an oracle which gives the length of the shortest vector in a lattice. Given this oracle can we find the shortest vector in polynomial time?
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Can we find lattice polyhedra with faces of area 1,2,3,...?
I asked this question two months ago on MSE, where it earned the rare
Tumbleweed badge for garnering zero votes, zero answers, and 25 views over 61 days.
Perhaps justifiably so! Here I repeat it with ...
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Random walk to visible lattice points
Consider a random walk from the $\mathbb{Z}^2$ origin $(0,0)$ to visible
(not blocked) lattice
points $p$, with a parameter $r$ a given radius of a circle centered
on $p$.
With $p$ the previous point, ...
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Illumination from visible lattice points with inverse square intensity
It is well known that the number of $\mathbb{Z}^2$ lattice points visible from
the origin is $6/\pi^2$, about $61$%.
See, e.g.,
What fraction of the integer lattice can be seen from the origin?.
I am ...
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Tri-coloring of E8 lattice? Why is the Gram matrix of E8 not unique?
This question is about euclidean lattices, regular arrays of points in $\mathbb R^N$.
Why are there 3 Gram matrices for the E8 lattice? They are not related by a similarity transformation; they have ...
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Lattice basis reduction over rings of number fields
Can one use lattice basis reduction algorithms, such as LLL over (low-rank) module lattices over rings of number fields of degree greater than 1? Is there any work on lattice reductions over Euclidean ...
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Relation between positive roots of $E_8$ and $\mathbb{F}_2^8 \setminus \{0\}$
There exists an explicit bijection (due to Cayley, that has built up a very nice table to describe this) between the positive roots of the lattice $E_7$ and $\mathbb{F}_2^6 \setminus \{0\}$ (where $\...
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Does $2$ variable linear Diophantine equation in $NC$ imply $2$ dimensional shortest vector is in $NC$?
Consider the Linear Diophantine in known $a,b,c\in\mathbb Z$
$$ax+by=c.$$
Above can be solve by Extended Euclidean which is not in $NC$ as far as we know. It is clear if Extended Euclidean is in $NC$ ...
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Existence of some lattice path connecting all given lattice paths
My daily work concerns analysis on metric spaces and some time ago it turned out that the problem I am dealing with boils down to a certain combinatorial problem. I've checked a lot of examples and it ...
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a counting problem on lattice
In $d$-dimensional lattice, we define a set $S_0$ be the zero point.
At step $i\geq 1$:
For each point $p\in S_{i-1}$, we can choose a single point $q$ who is a neighbour of $p$, and add $q$ into $s_{...
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Mistake in Rogers' paper: "number of lattice points in a set" for the case $n=2$?
Let $f:\mathbb R^n\to \mathbb R$ be a nonnegative Borel measurable function, and
let $f^*$ be the function obtained from $f$ by spherical symmetrization (see Rogers' paper: number of lattice points in ...
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How large is the set of unimodular lattices whose sucesssive minima cannot be attained by a basis of lattice?
Recall that the $i$-th successive minimum of $L\in \mathcal L$ (space of full rank lattices in $\mathbb R^d$), denoted $\lambda_i(L)$ is the infimum of the radii of the balls containing $i$-linearly ...
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Proof of generalized Siegel's mean value formula in geometry of numbers
Let $\mu$ be the Haar measure defined on the space of unimodular lattices, identified with $\text{SL}(d,\mathbb R)/\text{SL}(d,\mathbb Z)$.
The classical Siegel's formula in geometry of numbers states ...
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Successive minima and the basis of lattice
I am able to prove the following two propositions: Recall that the $i$-th successive minimum of $L\in \mathcal L$, denoted $\lambda_i(L)$ is the infimum of the radii of the balls containing $i$-...
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Find the closest point of a lattice $\Lambda$ given the closest point for its union of cosets $\bigcup_i ({\bf r}_i+\Lambda)$
Suppose we have an $n$-dimensional lattice $\Lambda$, and a set of vectors ${\bf r}_i$, we can construct a union of cosets of $\Lambda$, denoted as $L$, as
$$
L \equiv \bigcup_i ({\bf r}_i+\Lambda)
$$
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How to construct lattices with largest possible number of Voronoi relevant lattice vectors?
Let M be the generator matrix of a $N$ dimensional lattice, and $V$ the set of Voronoi relevant vectors. The Voronoi cell for the origin can be written as $\text{Vor}_{\bf 0}(M)=\left\{{\bf x}: |{\bf ...
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Lattices and stable homotopy groups of spheres
The number $65520$ arises in two very different scenarios:
It occurs in the formula for the theta series of the Leech lattice:
$$ \Theta_{\Lambda_{24}}(q) = 1 + \sum\limits_{m=1}^{\infty} \dfrac{...
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The range of each of successive minima for all unimodular lattices
Let $\mathcal L$ be the space of unimodular (covolume one) lattices in $\mathbb R^d$. The $i$-th successive minimum of $L\in \mathcal L$, denoted $\lambda_i(L)$ is the infimum of the radii of the ...
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Standard Gram matrices for lattices
I would like to define standard Gram matrices, and use them to help me understand the symmetries of lattices.
I define "standard Gram matrix" as the Gram matrix g that minimizes the ...
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Lattices containing $A_n$ and $D_n$
How many lattices are there which contain both the $A_n$ and $D_n$ lattices of the same dimension as sublattices? So far, I’ve found examples in 1D, 3D, 8D, and 24D.
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Relationships among lattices U14, C2xG23, A15+ and their Delaunay polytopes
Do you have any references explaining the relationships among the lattices U14, C2xG23 aka Q14, and A15+?
Do you have any references explaining the relationships among these lattices and the 7D ...
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Structure of the permutation groups acting on the root systems of Niemeier lattices of type $A_{k}^n$
I have been doing research on the Niemeier lattices with root systems of type, $A_{k}^n$ and I am particularly interested in the finite groups permuting the constituent root systems. These groups ...
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Intersecting lattices with surfaces in R^d
Let us fix some bounded surface $S\subset \mathbb{R}^d$. Let $x_1,\ldots, x_m$ be some non-zero vectors in $\mathbb{R}^d$. I am interested is the maximum number of points that the lattice $L_m=\{\sum ...
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How to determine sublattices S of a root lattice R
Let $R$ be a root lattice of a irreducible root system $\Phi$.
Suppose $W$ is a Weyl group of $\Phi$ and $S$ is a sublattice of $R$ which is $W$-stable and satisfies $|R/S|<\infty$.
For example, ...
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Extremal lattices
Denote by $\mu_n$ the largest value such that there exists a lattice of determinant $1$
in $\mathbb R^n$ for which the distances between different lattice points are greater or equal to $\mu_n$.
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On the shortest vectors of lattices generated by powers of generator matrices
Let $B\in\mathbb Z^{n\times n}$ generate a rank-$r$ lattice $\mathcal L_1\subseteq\mathbb Z^n$ and let $B^k\in\mathbb Z^{n\times n}$ generate lattice $\mathcal L_k\subseteq\mathbb Z^n$ assuming $\...
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Minimal volume of fundamental domains of lattices
Consider a full rank integer lattice in $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $v_1$ be the shortest non-zero vector in the lattice, $v_2$ be the shortest one among those not parallel to $v_1$, $v_3$ be the shortest one ...
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Lattice paths in polytopes
Let $P$ be a polytope in $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $A_ix = b_i$ be the defining equations of its codimension $1$ faces. Is there an algorithm or some kind of criterion to decide if the lattice points inside ...
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What fraction of the integer lattice can be seen from the origin?
Consider the integer lattice points in the positive quadrant $Q$ of $\mathbb{Z}^2$.
Say that a point $(x,y)$ of $Q$ is visible from the origin if the
segment from $(0,0)$ to $(x,y) \in Q$ passes ...
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Deep Holes of the tensor product of two lattices
Let $L_0, L_1$ be Euclidean lattices (say full rank) of dimension $n_i$. Let $\lambda_1(L_i)$ denote the length of the shortest vector of $L_i$, and let $\rho(L_i)$ denote the covering radius of $L_i$:...
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What other lattices are obtainable from this noncommutative ring?
Here I will regard $SU(2)$ as the multiplicative group of unit quaternions.
There are just three conjugacy classes of finite subgroups $G < SU(2)$ where $[G:C] > 2$ for all cyclic subgroups $C &...
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what is the number of paths returning to 0 on the hexagonal lattice
I am looking for an estimation of the number of paths of length $n$ going from 0 to 0 on the hexagonal (or honeycomb) lattice.
I can find plenty on references on self avoiding paths, but I am looking ...
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Closed cobounded additive submonoid of $\mathbb{R}^n$
Let $M$ be a closed additive submonoid of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with $n\geq1$. Suppose also that there exists $r>0$ such that every ball of radius $r$ intersects $M$. I wonder if we can obtain more ...
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Alternating 1D lattice sum
Are there any equivalent representations of the following (real valued) sum, in particular that are suitable for evaluation as $z\rightarrow0$ ?
$$ S=\sum_{k=-\infty}^\infty \frac{i^k(z-2ik)}{(\rho^2+(...
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Tiling with incommensurate triangles
Say that two triangles are incommensurate if they do not
share an edge length or a vertex angle, and their areas differ.
Suppose you'd like to tile the plane with pairwise incommensurate triangles.
I ...
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Selfsimilar lattices in $\mathbb R^d$
Let $\Lambda\subset \mathbb R^d$ a discrete subgroup, up to diminishing $d$ we assume it is of the form $A\mathbb Z^d$ with $A\in GL(d)$. Up to dilation we assume that the shortest vector in $\Lambda\...
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Shortest vectors in tensor product and maximal lattices in tensor product
$\mathcal L$ and $\mathcal L'$ be full rank lattices in $\mathbb R^n$ with shortest vectors $v_1,\dots,v_n$ and $v_1',\dots,v_n'$ respectively where $$\|v_1\|_2\leq\dots\leq\|v_n\|_2$$
$$\|v_1'\|_2\...
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Can we count the number of integer lattice points in this case?
Gauss Circle problem gives the number of lattice points lie within a circle of radius $r$. This question points to a reference that estimates the number of lattice points in a $d−$dimensional ball.
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Number of lattice points in a given triangle
Given a triangle with real coordinates, does anybody know how to find the number of lattice points contained within it? What if the points are only rational? I know Pick's formula can be used for the ...
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The Monster Moonshine Module from the engineering or algorithmic point of view
From what I understand (see, e.g., this question), the Monster Moonshine Module is a kind if "third generation" (or "second quantization"?) after the Golay code (with automorphism group $M_{24}$) and ...
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Configurations of minimal vectors for a 4-dimensional symplectic lattice
The possible configurations of minimal vectors for a 4-dimensional lattice are known for ages, but what about symplectic lattices ? If a 4-dimensional symplectic lattice $\Lambda$ has two minimal ...
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Isomorphism classes of lattices
Suppose we have a $4 \times 6$ matrix $A$ of rank $4$ whose entries are rational numbers. Define
$$
V = \{x \in \mathbb R^6 \mid A \cdot x = 0\}
$$
and
$$
\Lambda = \{x \in \mathbb Z^6 \mid A \cdot ...
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Counting symmetric convex bodies with no nonzero lattice point in the interior
In order to estimate the size of the torsion in the algebraic $K$-groups of $\mathbb Q$ one needs to understand the homology of $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb Z)$, or alternatively, the homology of the space ...
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Distance for $GL_n(\mathbb{R})/GL_n(\mathbb{Z})$
One can define the convergence of a sequence $(\Lambda_k)_k$ of full rank lattices as folow : $(\Lambda_k)\underset{k\rightarrow +\infty}{\longrightarrow} \Lambda \iff \forall k\in \mathbb{N} ,\exists ...
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Existence of linearly indépendants vectors reaching each minima of a lattice
I was wondering : given a full rank lattice $\Lambda$ of $R^n$ (a discrete subgroup spanning $R^n$) the successive minima of $\Lambda$ are for $1\leqslant i \leqslant n$ $\lambda_i= \min\{r>0 \mid \...
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Fractal covering of a plane with complex-base numeral systems - is periodicity necessary?
Taking a base $z$ positional numeral system with digits $a_k\in \{0,\ldots,n-1\}$:
$$s:\left\{(a_k)\in\{0,\ldots,n-1\}^{\mathbb{Z}}: \exists_K \forall_{k>K} \ a_k=0\right \}\to \sum_{k\in\mathbb{...
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Periodicity of density of laminated lattices
In Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups, Conway and Sloane explore laminated lattices. If we let $X_d$ be the set of $d$-dimensional Euclidean lattices where every pair of points are separated by ...
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The lattice handshake number ("nearly kissing" number)?
Update: I'm happy to say that this question has been made essentially obsolete by the breakthrough result of Serge Vlăduţ, who showed that the kissing number is exponentially large: https://arxiv.org/...
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The right conformal map to make a certain picture
This is a follow-up to a question I asked a year ago, which was helpfully answered by Anton Petrunin: Fitting a mesh to a density function.
I am trying to come up with a way to make a picture of an ...
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Fitting a mesh to a density function
Suppose I have a probability density function defined on a region in the plane (in my case, the pdf is of the form $f(x) = \alpha\|x\|^{-\beta}$, and the region is the unit disk). For large $N$, is ...