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arxiv: 0901.1375 · v1 · pith:GDEBZNXPnew · submitted 2009-01-10 · 🧮 math.CO

Lattice width directions and Minkowski's 3^d-theorem

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keywords d-theoremdirectionslatticeminkowskiwidthbodyconvexcross-polytope
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We show that the number of lattice directions in which a d-dimensional convex body in R^d has minimum width is at most 3^d-1, with equality only for the regular cross-polytope. This is deduced from a sharpened version of the 3^d-theorem due to Hermann Minkowski (22 June 1864--12 January 1909), for which we provide two independent proofs.

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