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The Simultaneous Lattice Packing-Covering Constant of Octahedra

Combinatorics 2025-09-16 v2

Abstract

This paper proves that the simultaneous lattice packing-covering constant of an octahedron is 7/67/6. In other words, 7/67/6 is the smallest positive number rr such that for every octahedron OO centered at the origin there is a lattice Λ\Lambda such that O+ΛO+\Lambda is a packing in E3\mathbb{E}^3 and rO+ΛrO+\Lambda is a covering of E3\mathbb{E}^3.

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@article{arxiv.2310.18643,
  title  = {The Simultaneous Lattice Packing-Covering Constant of Octahedra},
  author = {Yiming Li and Chuanming Zong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.18643},
  year   = {2025}
}

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24 pages, 3 figures