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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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

After these preparations the following will be shown first:<br />

(4) There is a set X ={x1,...,xm} ⊆F such that the proportion of space left<br />

uncovered by the set C + L + X, that is by the family � C + l + x : l ∈<br />

L, x ∈ X � ,isatmost<br />

�<br />

1 − 1<br />

sd �m .<br />

Let 1C be the characteristic function of C. It follows from (3) that the characteristic<br />

function of the set C +L, that is the union of the family {C +l : l ∈ L},is � � 1C(x −<br />

l) : l ∈ L � . Thus the set C + L + xi where xi ∈ F has characteristic function<br />

� � 1C(x − l − xi) : l ∈ L � . This shows that, for X ={x1,...,xm} ⊆F, the<br />

characteristic function of the set S = E d \(C + l + X) left uncovered by the set<br />

C + L + X, that is by the family � C + l + xi : l ∈ L, xi ∈ X � , is given by:<br />

1S(x) =<br />

m� �<br />

1 − �<br />

�<br />

1C(x − l − xi) .<br />

i=1<br />

l∈L<br />

1S is periodic with respect to L. Thus the proportion of space left uncovered by the<br />

set C + L + X equals<br />

V (S ∩ F)<br />

V (F)<br />

�<br />

1<br />

=<br />

V (F)<br />

F<br />

1S(x) dx.<br />

The mean value of this proportion extended over all choices X ={x1,...,xm} of m<br />

points in F is thus<br />

1<br />

V (F) m<br />

�<br />

F<br />

�<br />

···<br />

� �<br />

1<br />

V (F)<br />

�<br />

1S(x) dx dx1 ···dxm<br />

F<br />

1<br />

=<br />

V (F)<br />

F<br />

m+1<br />

�<br />

F<br />

� � � m�<br />

�<br />

··· 1 −<br />

F F<br />

i=1<br />

�<br />

�<br />

=<br />

� �<br />

1C(x − l − xi) dx1 ···dxm dx<br />

l∈L<br />

�<br />

�m<br />

� �<br />

1 − �<br />

� �<br />

1C(x − l − xi) dxi dx<br />

=<br />

=<br />

=<br />

=<br />

1<br />

V (F) m+1<br />

1<br />

V (F) m+1<br />

1<br />

V (F) m+1<br />

1<br />

V (F) m+1<br />

F<br />

�<br />

F<br />

�<br />

F<br />

�<br />

F<br />

i=1<br />

i=1<br />

F<br />

l∈L<br />

m�<br />

�<br />

V (F) − �<br />

�<br />

�<br />

1C(x − l − xi)dxi dx<br />

m�<br />

i=1<br />

m�<br />

i=1<br />

l∈L<br />

F<br />

�<br />

V (F) − �<br />

�<br />

V (F) −<br />

�<br />

l∈L<br />

F−x+l<br />

�<br />

E d<br />

1C(−y)dy<br />

1<br />

V (F) m+1 V (F)� V (F) − V (C) � m =<br />

�<br />

1C(−y)dy dx<br />

�<br />

1 −<br />

�<br />

dx<br />

�m �<br />

V (C)<br />

= 1 −<br />

V (F)<br />

1<br />

sd �m

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