English

Tiling the integer lattice with translated sublattices

Number Theory 2016-05-31 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

When Zd\mathbb{Z}^d is represented as a finite disjoint union of translated integer sublattices, the translated sublattices must possess some special properties. Such a representation is called a \emph{lattice tiling}. We develop a theoretical framework, based on multiple residues and dual groups, to provide a set of necessary and sufficient conditions for such a lattice tiling to exist. We also investigate the question of when a lattice tiling must possess at least two translated sublattices which are translates of one another.

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@article{arxiv.1306.2644,
  title  = {Tiling the integer lattice with translated sublattices},
  author = {Maciej Borodzik and Danny Nguyen and Sinai Robins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.2644},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

19 pages, 2 figures. Accepted to Moscow Journal of Combinatorics and Number Theory

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