Makai Jr.'s covering-minimum conjecture

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Let K∈KnK\in\mathcal{K}^n be a convex body and let Λ∈Ln\Lambda\in\mathcal{L}^n be a lattice. Let μ1(K,Λ)\mu_1(K,\Lambda) denote the first covering minimum. Makai Jr.'s conjecture. One has

μ1(K,Λ)nvol⁡(K)≥n+12nn!det⁡(Λ),\mu_1(K,\Lambda)^n\operatorname{vol}(K)\geq\frac{n+1}{2^n n!}\det(\Lambda),

and equality can occur only when KK is a simplex. If KK is origin-symmetric, then

μ1(K,Λ)nvol⁡(K)≥1n!det⁡(Λ),\mu_1(K,\Lambda)^n\operatorname{vol}(K)\geq\frac{1}{n!}\det(\Lambda),

and equality can occur only when KK is a crosspolytope. This conjecture is presented as a polar analogue of Minkowski's first fundamental theorem and remains unresolved in the source.

References

Primary source

Bernardo González Merino and Matthias Henze, “On densities of lattice arrangements intersecting every i-dimensional affine subspace”, arXiv:1605.00443 (2016).

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