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On the Existence of Similar Sublattices

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Partial answers are given to two questions. When does a lattice Lambda contain a sublattice Lambda' of index N that is geometrically similar to Lambda? When is the sublattice "clean", in the sense that the boundary of the Voronoi cells for Lambda ' do not intersect Lambda?

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@article{arxiv.math/0207177,
  title  = {On the Existence of Similar Sublattices},
  author = {J. H. Conway and E. M. Rains and N. J. A. Sloane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0207177},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages; dedicated to H.S.M. Coxeter