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Main Authors: Hollanti, Camilla, Mantilla-Soler, Guillermo, Miller, Niklas
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Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.00958
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author Hollanti, Camilla
Mantilla-Soler, Guillermo
Miller, Niklas
author_facet Hollanti, Camilla
Mantilla-Soler, Guillermo
Miller, Niklas
contents It is well-known that the densest lattice sphere packings also typically have large kissing numbers. The sphere packing density maximization problem is known to have a solution among well-rounded lattices, of which the integer lattice $\mathbb{Z}^n$ is the simplest example. The integer lattice is also an example of a generic well-rounded lattice, i.e., a well-rounded lattice with a minimal kissing number. However, the integer lattice has the worst density among well-rounded lattices. In this paper, the problem of constructing explicit generic well-rounded lattices with dense sphere packings is considered. To this end, so-called tame lattices recently introduced by Damir and Mantilla-Soler are utilized. Tame lattices came to be as a generalization of the ring of integers of certain abelian number fields. The sublattices of tame lattices constructed in this paper are shown to always result in either a generic well-rounded lattice or the lattice $A_n$, with density ranging between that of $\mathbb{Z}^n$ and $A_n$. In order to find generic well-rounded lattices with densities beyond that of $A_n$, explicit deformations of some known densest lattice packings are constructed, yielding a family of generic well-rounded lattices with densities arbitrarily close to the optimum. In addition to being an interesting mathematical problem on its own right, the constructions are also motivated from a more practical point of view. Namely, generic well-rounded lattices with high packing density make good candidates for lattice codes used in secure wireless communications.
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spellingShingle Dense generic well-rounded lattices
Hollanti, Camilla
Mantilla-Soler, Guillermo
Miller, Niklas
Number Theory
11H31, 11F27, 11P21, 11H71
It is well-known that the densest lattice sphere packings also typically have large kissing numbers. The sphere packing density maximization problem is known to have a solution among well-rounded lattices, of which the integer lattice $\mathbb{Z}^n$ is the simplest example. The integer lattice is also an example of a generic well-rounded lattice, i.e., a well-rounded lattice with a minimal kissing number. However, the integer lattice has the worst density among well-rounded lattices. In this paper, the problem of constructing explicit generic well-rounded lattices with dense sphere packings is considered. To this end, so-called tame lattices recently introduced by Damir and Mantilla-Soler are utilized. Tame lattices came to be as a generalization of the ring of integers of certain abelian number fields. The sublattices of tame lattices constructed in this paper are shown to always result in either a generic well-rounded lattice or the lattice $A_n$, with density ranging between that of $\mathbb{Z}^n$ and $A_n$. In order to find generic well-rounded lattices with densities beyond that of $A_n$, explicit deformations of some known densest lattice packings are constructed, yielding a family of generic well-rounded lattices with densities arbitrarily close to the optimum. In addition to being an interesting mathematical problem on its own right, the constructions are also motivated from a more practical point of view. Namely, generic well-rounded lattices with high packing density make good candidates for lattice codes used in secure wireless communications.
title Dense generic well-rounded lattices
topic Number Theory
11H31, 11F27, 11P21, 11H71
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.00958