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

  1. Siegel (1989) p.6
  2. Cassels (1957) p.154
  3. Cassels (1971) p.103
  4. Cassels (1957) p.156
  5. Cassels (1971) p.203
  6. Siegel (1989) p.57
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