Minkowski's second theorem
In mathematics, Minkowski's second theorem is a result in the Geometry of numbers about the values taken by a norm on a lattice and the volume of its fundamental cell.
Setting
Let K be a closed convex centrally symmetric body of positive finite volume in n-dimensional Euclidean space Rn. The gauge[1] or distance[2][3] Minkowski functional g attached to K is defined by
Conversely, given a norm g on Rn we define K to be
Let Γ be a lattice in Rn. The successive minima of K or g on Γ are defined by setting the k-th successive minimum λk to be the infimum of the numbers λ such that λK contains k linearly independent vectors of Γ. We have 0 < λ1 ≤ λ2 ≤ ... ≤ λn < ∞.
Statement of the theorem
The successive minima satisfy[4][5][6]
References
- Cassels, J.W.S. (1957). An introduction to Diophantine approximation. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. 45. Cambridge University Press. Zbl 0077.04801.
- Cassels, J.W.S. (1997). An Introduction to the Geometry of Numbers. Classics in Mathematics (Reprint of 1971 ed.). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-61788-4.
- Nathanson, Melvyn B. (1996). Additive Number Theory: Inverse Problems and the Geometry of Sumsets. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. 165. Springer-Verlag. pp. 180–185. ISBN 0-387-94655-1. Zbl 0859.11003.
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