Contact vectors of point lattices (Q6114299)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7710618
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7710618 |
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Contact vectors of point lattices (English)
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11 July 2023
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The contact vectors of a lattice \(L\) are vectors \(l\) which are minimal in the \(l^{2}\)-norm in their parity class. In this paper, the author shows that, in the space of all symmetric matrices, the set of all contact vectors of the lattice \(L\) defines the subspace \(M(L)\) containing the Gram matrix \(A\) of the lattice \(L\). The notion of extremal set of contact vectors is introduced as a set for which the space \(M(L)\) is one-dimensional. In this case, the lattice \(L\) is rigid. Each dual cell of the lattice \(L\) is associated with a set of contact vectors contained in it. A dual cell is extremal if its set of contact vectors is extremal. As an illustration, the author proves the rigidity of the root lattice \(D_n\) for \(n\geqslant 4\) and the lattice \(E^{\star}_6\) dual to the root lattice \(E_6\).
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Dirichlet-Voronoi cell
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contact vector
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extremal set of contact vectors
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