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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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

This proves the right-h<strong>and</strong> inequality in (2). Next, consider the parallelotopes from<br />

our family which intersect (τ − σ)K . These cover (τ − σ)K <strong>and</strong> by (1) are all<br />

contained in τ K .Ifn is their number, it thus follows that<br />

#(L ∩ τ K ) ≥ n = nV(F)<br />

V (F) ≥ V � (τ − σ)K �<br />

V (F)<br />

= 2d (τ − σ) d<br />

,<br />

d(L)<br />

concluding the proof of the left-h<strong>and</strong> inequality in (2). ⊓⊔<br />

Remark. Using the Möbius inversion formula from number theory, it can be shown<br />

that the density of the set of primitive points of a lattice L in E d is 1/(ζ(d)d(L)),<br />

where ζ(·) is the Riemann zeta function. In particular, this shows that the probability<br />

that a point of a lattice is primitive is 1/ζ(d).<br />

Next, the density of a discrete set T <strong>and</strong> the density of the family of translates of<br />

a given convex body by the vectors of T will be related:<br />

Proposition 30.2. Let C be a proper convex body <strong>and</strong> T a discrete set in E d . Then<br />

the upper density of the family {C + t : t ∈ T } is equal to V (C) times the upper<br />

density of T . Analogous statements hold for the lower density <strong>and</strong> the density, if the<br />

latter exists.<br />

Proof. Choose σ>0 such that C ⊆ σ K . Clearly,<br />

Then<br />

1<br />

(2τ) d<br />

≤<br />

�<br />

t∈T<br />

(C + t) ∩ τ K �= ∅⇒t ∈ (τ + σ)K,<br />

t ∈ (τ + σ)K ⇒ (C + t) ⊆ (τ + 2σ)K.<br />

V � (C + t) ∩ τ K � ≤ 1<br />

(2τ) d #� T ∩ (τ + σ)K � V (C)<br />

1<br />

� 2(τ + 2σ) � d<br />

�<br />

V � (C + t) ∩ (τ + 2σ)K ��2(τ + 2σ) �d .<br />

t∈T<br />

(2τ) d<br />

Now let τ →∞to get the equalities for the upper <strong>and</strong> the lower density <strong>and</strong> the<br />

density. ⊓⊔<br />

Corollary 30.1. Let C be a proper convex body <strong>and</strong> L a lattice in E d . Then the family<br />

{C + l : l ∈ L} of translates of C by the vectors of L has density<br />

δ(C, L) =<br />

V (C)<br />

d(L) .<br />

The family {C +l : l ∈ L} of translates of the body C by the vectors of the lattice<br />

L is sometimes called a set lattice with set C <strong>and</strong> lattice L <strong>and</strong> δ(C, L) is its density.

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