On the Existence of Similar Sublattices

DOI10.4153/CJM-1999-059-5zbMATH Open0963.52006arXivmath/0207177MaRDI QIDQ4484841FDOQ4484841

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)

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?

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

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zbMATH Keywords

geometry of latticessimilar sublattices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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