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Gruber P. Convex and Discrete Geometry

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

proof, surprisingly, turned out to be extremely difficult. It was finally given by Hajós<br />

[471] who reduced it to a problem on Abelian groups. Keller [570] conjectured that,<br />

more generally, in any tiling of E d with translates of a cube, there are two cubes<br />

which meet facet-to-facet. For d ≤ 6 this was confirmed by Perron [794]. Making<br />

essential use of a reformulation of Keller’s conjecture by Corrádi <strong>and</strong> Szabó [226],<br />

Lagarias <strong>and</strong> Shor [627] disproved Keller’s conjecture for d ≥ 10 <strong>and</strong> Mackey [676]<br />

for d ≥ 8. Thus Keller’s conjecture is open only in case d = 7. For more information,<br />

see Zong [1051].<br />

33 Optimum Quantization<br />

In the sequel we investigate integrals of the following type:<br />

�<br />

J<br />

min<br />

s∈S {�x − s�2 }dx,<br />

where J ⊆ E d is Jordan measurable <strong>and</strong> S ⊆ J or S ⊆ E d a finite set consisting<br />

of n points, say. This integral may be interpreted as the volume above sea level of a<br />

mountain l<strong>and</strong>scape over J with n valleys, each a piece of a paraboloid of revolution.<br />

The deepest points of the valleys are at sea-level <strong>and</strong> are the points of S.GivenJ <strong>and</strong><br />

n, the problem is to determine the minimum volume above sea level of such mountain<br />

l<strong>and</strong>scapes <strong>and</strong> to describe the minimizing configurations S. While precise solutions<br />

are out of reach, asymptotic results as n →∞are possible.<br />

Since the late 1940s this seemingly unspectacular problem has appeared in several<br />

rather different areas, including the following:<br />

Data transmission, see Gray <strong>and</strong> Neuhoff [394]<br />

<strong>Discrete</strong> geometry <strong>and</strong> location theory, see Fejes Tóth [329] <strong>and</strong> Matérn<br />

<strong>and</strong> Persson [693]<br />

Numerical integration, see Chernaya [206]<br />

Probability theory, see Graf <strong>and</strong> Luschgy [389]<br />

<strong>Convex</strong> geometry, see <strong>Gruber</strong> [439, 443]<br />

In this section we prove Fejes Tóth’s inequality for sums of moments in E 2 <strong>and</strong><br />

an asymptotic formula for integrals of this type due to Zador. The structure of the<br />

minimizing arrangements will also be discussed. These results are then applied to<br />

packing <strong>and</strong> covering problems for circular discs, to problems of data transmission<br />

<strong>and</strong> to numerical integration. For an application to the volume approximation of<br />

convex bodies by circumscribed convex polytopes <strong>and</strong> the isoperimetric problem<br />

for convex polytopes compare Sect. 11.2.<br />

For additional information compare Du, Faber <strong>and</strong> Gunzburger [278] <strong>and</strong> the<br />

author [442].

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