Coincidences in 4 dimensions
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Publication:6207713
DOI10.1080/14786430701264186arXiv0712.0363MaRDI QIDQ6207713FDOQ6207713
Authors: Michael Baake, Peter Zeiner 
Publication date: 3 December 2007
Abstract: The coincidence site lattices (CSLs) of prominent 4-dimensional lattices are considered. CSLs in 3 dimensions have been used for decades to describe grain boundaries in crystals. Quasicrystals suggest to also look at CSLs in dimensions . Here, we discuss the CSLs of the root lattice and the hypercubic lattices, which are of particular interest both from the mathematical and the crystallographic viewpoint. Quaternion algebras are used to derive their coincidence rotations and the CSLs. We make use of the fact that the CSLs can be linked to certain ideals and compute their indices, their multiplicities and encapsulate all this in generating functions in terms of Dirichlet series. In addition, we sketch how these results can be generalised for 4--dimensional --modules by discussing the icosian ring.
Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C07) Quaternion and other division algebras: arithmetic, zeta functions (11R52)
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