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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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376 <strong>Geometry</strong> of Numbers<br />

23.1 Successive Minima <strong>and</strong> Minkowski’s Second Fundamental Theorem<br />

There are many extensions <strong>and</strong> refinements of the first fundamental theorem, including<br />

Blichfeldt’s [130] theorem <strong>and</strong> its relatives. See, e.g. <strong>Gruber</strong> <strong>and</strong> Lekkerkerker<br />

[447] <strong>and</strong> Lagarias [625]. A particularly refined result is the theorem on successive<br />

minima or second fundamental theorem of Minkowski [735].<br />

Henk, Schürmann <strong>and</strong> Wills [492] discovered an interesting connection between<br />

the successive minima of an o-symmetric lattice polytope with respect to the integer<br />

lattice Z d <strong>and</strong> the roots of the corresponding Ehrhart polynomial.<br />

This section contains Minkowski’s proof of the second fundamental theorem,<br />

streamlined by Henk, <strong>and</strong> Mahler’s theorem relating successive minima <strong>and</strong> polarity.<br />

In addition, we state the result of Henk, Schürmann <strong>and</strong> Wills.<br />

Successive Minima<br />

Let C be an o-symmetric convex body <strong>and</strong> L a lattice in E d .Thesuccessive minima<br />

λi = λi(C, L), i = 1,...,d, ofC with respect to L are defined by:<br />

Clearly,<br />

λi = min � λ>0 : λC contains i linearly independent points of L � .<br />

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