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.
Cite
@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