Cassels–Swinnerton-Dyer's conjecture on positive norm minima and algebraic lattices

Let d3d\geqslant3 and let Λ\Lambda be a full-rank lattice in Rd\mathbb{R}^d. Its norm minimum is

N(Λ)=infzΛ{0}Π(z)d.N(\Lambda)=\inf_{\mathbf{z}\in\Lambda\setminus\{\mathbf{0}\}}\Pi(\mathbf{z})^d.

A lattice is called algebraic when it satisfies the algebraic-lattice condition referred to in the source. A diagonal operator is non-degenerate when its diagonal entries are nonzero.

Cassels–Swinnerton-Dyer's conjecture. The condition N(Λ)>0N(\Lambda)>0 is equivalent to the existence of a non-degenerate diagonal operator DD such that DΛD\Lambda is an algebraic lattice.

This is described as an analogue of Oppenheim's conjecture for decomposable forms and is stated to imply Littlewood's conjecture. The source gives a counterexample in dimension 22 and leaves the assertion for d3d\geqslant3 as the conjectural case.

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Primary source

Oleg N. German, “Geometry of Diophantine exponents”, arXiv:2210.16553 (2023).

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