On the Existence of Similar Sublattices

DOI10.4153/CJM-1999-059-5MaRDI QIDQ4484841zbMATHFDO

Authors N. J. A. Sloane, Eric Rains, J. H. Conway

Publication date 21 June 2001

Published in Canadian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0207177

zbMATH Keywords

geometry of latticessimilar sublattices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C07)

Abstract: Partial answers are given to two questions. When does a lattice Lambda contain a sublattice Lambda' of index N that is geometrically similar to Lambda? When is the sublattice "clean", in the sense that the boundary of the Voronoi cells for Lambda ' do not intersect Lambda?

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