A Blichfeldt-type inequality for centrally symmetric convex bodies (Q1955629)

Let \(\mathcal{K}_0^n \) be the class of all centrally symmetric convex bodies \( K \subset {\mathbb R}^n\), \( \dim (K \cap {\mathbb Z}^n) \) be the dimension of the affine hull of \(K \cap {\mathbb Z}^n \), and \( G(K): = \#(K \cap {\mathbb Z}^n)\). It was conjectured in [\textit{M. Henk, M. Henze} and \textit{J. M. Wills}, Adv. Geom. 11, No. 4, 731--744 (2011; Zbl 1230.52009)] that there is a constant \( c>1\) such that \(\text{vol} (K) \geq \frac{c^n}{n!} G(K) \) for every \( K \in \mathcal{K}_0^n \) with \( \dim (K \cap {\mathbb Z}^n) = n \). The author of the paper under review confirms this conjecture asymptotically: {Theorem 1.} For every \( \varepsilon \in (0,1]\) there exists an \( n(\varepsilon) \in {\mathbb N}\) such that for every \( n \geq n(\varepsilon)\) and every \( K \in \mathcal{K}_0^n \) with \( \dim (K \cap {\mathbb Z}^n) = n\), we have \[ \text{vol} (K) \geq \frac{(2 - \varepsilon)^n}{n!} G(K). \] The constant \(2\) cannot be replaced by a bigger one. {Theorem 2.} For every \( \varepsilon >0 \) there exists an \( n(\varepsilon) \in {\mathbb N}\) such that for every \( n \geq n(\varepsilon)\) and every \( K \in \mathcal{K}_0^n \) with \( \dim (K \cap {\mathbb Z}^n) = n\), we have \[ (\pi + \varepsilon )^{-n} \leq \frac{G(K)}{G(K^*)\text{vol} (K)} \leq \frac{(\pi + \varepsilon)^n n!}{c^n} . \] where \( c\leq 4\) is an absolute constant. Here \( K^*\) is the polar body of \( K\). In the planar case, the sharp bounds for \({G(K)\text{vol} (K^*)} \) are given.