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On Covering Radii in Function Fields

Number Theory 2024-10-16 v2 Dynamical Systems Metric Geometry

Abstract

In this paper, we shall discuss topics in geometry of numbers in the positive characteristic setting, such as covering radii. We find a closed form for covering radii with respect to convex bodies, which will lead to a proof of the positive characteristic analogue of Woods' conjecture in this setting. Then, we will prove a positive characteristic analogue of Minkowski's conjecture about the multiplicative covering radius. To do this, we shall prove a positive characteristic analogue of Solan's result that every diagonal orbit intersects the set of well rounded lattices. This implies that the Gruber-Mordell spectrum in positive characteristic is trivial in every dimension.

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@article{arxiv.2308.03071,
  title  = {On Covering Radii in Function Fields},
  author = {Noy Soffer Aranov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.03071},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

to appear in Monatshefte fur Mathematik

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