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Estimating The Number of Short Vectors in a Lattice

Given a lattice $L = \bigoplus_{i=1}^{m} \mathbb{Z}v_i$ (the $v_i$ are linearly independent vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$) and a number $c > 0$, can one quickly compute or find a good estimate on the number of lattice vectors $v$ with $|v| \leq c$ without actually enumerating these vectors? The basis $v_1,\ldots, v_m$ of the lattice can be assumed to be LLL reduced.

Also asked at: http://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/7488/the-number-of-short-vectors-in-a-lattice

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Estimating The Number of Short Vectors in a Lattice

Given a lattice $L = \bigoplus_{i=1}^{m} \mathbb{Z}v_i$ (the $v_i$ are linearly independent vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$) and a number $c > 0$, can one quickly find a good estimate on the number of lattice vectors $v$ with $|v| \leq c$ without actually enumerating these vectors? The basis $v_1,\ldots, v_m$ of the lattice can be assumed to be LLL reduced.