A NEW INEQUALITY FOR THE HERMITE CONSTANTS

DOI10.1142/S1793042108001390zbMATH Open1165.11056arXivmath/0603477MaRDI QIDQ3602983FDOQ3602983

Authors: Roland Bacher 

Publication date: 12 February 2009

Published in: International Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove an inequality of the form $gamm{a}_{n}geq{C}_n(gamm{a}_{n-1})$ giving a lower bound for the Hermite constant $gamm{a}_n$ in dimension $n$ in terms of $gamm{a}_{n-1}$. Iterating this inequality yields a new proof of the Minkowski-Hlawka bound.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0603477

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zbMATH Keywords

inequalityHermite constantlattice packing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattices and convex bodies (number-theoretic aspects) (11H06) Minima of forms (11H50)

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• The densest lattice in twenty-four dimensions
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• Existence theorems in the geometry of numbers
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