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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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21 Lattices 363<br />

A similar, slightly more complicated proof leads to the following result:<br />

Corollary 21.2. Let b1,...,bk be k linearly independent points of a lattice L such<br />

that<br />

� α1b1 +···+αkbk : 0 ≤ αi < 1 � ∩ L ={o}.<br />

Then, there are points bk+1,...,bd ∈ L such that {b1,...,bd} is a basis of L.<br />

Closely Related Bases of a Lattice <strong>and</strong> a Sub-Lattice<br />

The following result shows that, given a sub-lattice M of a lattice L, there are bases of<br />

M <strong>and</strong> L which are related in a particularly simple way. We could ascertain whether<br />

this result is a consequence of a more general result on Abelian groups.<br />

Theorem 21.4. Let M be a sub-lattice of a lattice L in E d . Then there are bases<br />

{c1,...,cd} of M <strong>and</strong> {b1,...,bd} of L, such that<br />

c1 = u1b1,...,cd = udbd, where ui ∈ Z \{0}.<br />

Proof (by induction on d). If d = 1, the theorem is easy to see. Assume now that<br />

d > 1 <strong>and</strong> that the theorem holds for d − 1. The proof for d is divided into two steps.<br />

In the first step we treat a special case:<br />

(4) Let M be a sub-lattice of a lattice L in E d which contains a primitive point<br />

b1 of L. Then the theorem holds.<br />

In the following, we consider lower dimensional lattices in E d , but this should not<br />

cause difficulties. Since b1 is a primitive point of L, there is a basis of L of the form<br />

{b1, b2,...,bd} by Corollary 21.1. Then<br />

L ={ub1 + l : u ∈ Z, l ∈ lin{b2,...,bd}∩L = L ′ }.<br />

L ′ is a lattice of dimension d − 1inE d . Let a point m ∈ M ⊆ L be given. Then,<br />

since b1 ∈ M, we have m − ub1 ∈ lin{b2,...,bd}∩M for suitable u ∈ Z. Hence<br />

M ={ub1 + n : u ∈ Z, n ∈ lin{b2,...,bd}∩M = M ′ }.<br />

M ′ is a (d − 1)-dimensional sub-lattice of the (d − 1)-dimensional lattice L ′ .By<br />

induction, there are bases {b2,...,bd} of L ′ <strong>and</strong> {c2,...,cd} of M ′ , such that<br />

c2 = u2b2,...,cd = udbd for suitable ui ∈ Z.<br />

The bases {b1, b2,...,bd} of L <strong>and</strong> {b1, c2,...,cd} of M are then of the desired<br />

form, concluding the proof for d in the special case (4).<br />

In the second step, we consider a general sub-lattice M of L. For each point<br />

m ∈ M \{o}, let j be the unique positive integer such that m = jl, where l ∈ L<br />

is primitive. Call j the index of m. Choose c ∈ M \{o}, such that c has minimum

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