Geometry of numbers /

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Author / Creator:Gruber, Peter M., 1941-
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland ; New York, NY, U.S.A. : Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1987.
Description:xv, 732 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:North-Holland mathematical library v. 37
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/847088
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Other uniform titles:Lekkerkerker, C. G. (Cornelis Gerrit), 1922-
Lekkerkerker, C. G. (Cornelis Gerrit), 1922- Geometry of numbers.
ISBN:0444701524 (U.S.)
Notes:Previous edition by Lekkerkerker.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [632]-725.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapters
  • 1. Preliminaries
  • Supplement: Preliminaries
  • 2. Convex Bodies and Lattice Points
  • Supplement: Fundamental Theorems
  • Lattice Polytopes
  • Large Convex Bodies
  • Reduction Theory
  • Tiling
  • 3. The Critical Determinant, The Covering Constant and the Inhomogeneous Determinant of a Set
  • Supplement: Suprema and Infima over Lattices
  • Packing
  • Covering
  • 4. Star Bodies
  • Supplement: Boundary Lattice Points
  • 5. Some Methods
  • Note
  • 6. Homogeneous Forms
  • Supplement: Packing of Balls
  • Extreme Forms
  • Zeta-Functions
  • Homogeneous Minima
  • 7. Inhomogeneous Forms
  • Supplement: Covering with Balls
  • Product of Inhomogeneous Linear Forms
  • Inhomogeneous Forms
  • Geometry of Numbers in Other Spaces
  • References
  • Index