Betke–Henk–Wills–Malikiosis discrete analogue of Minkowski's second theorem

Let KRdK\subseteq\mathbb{R}^d be a convex body, let Λ<Rd\Lambda<\mathbb{R}^d be a lattice, and let λ1λd\lambda_1\le\cdots\le\lambda_d be the successive minima of KK with respect to Λ\Lambda, defined by

λi=inf{λ>0:dimspanR(λ2(KK)Λ)i}.\lambda_i=\inf\left\{\lambda>0:\dim\operatorname{span}_{\mathbb{R}}\left(\frac{\lambda}{2}(K-K)\cap\Lambda\right)\ge i\right\}.

Betke–Henk–Wills–Malikiosis conjecture. One has

#(KΛ)i=1d2λi+1.\#(K\cap\Lambda)\le\prod_{i=1}^d\left\lfloor\frac{2}{\lambda_i}+1\right\rfloor.

This is the discrete analogue of Minkowski's second theorem, replacing the volume of a convex body by the number of lattice points it contains. Betke, Henk and Wills originally conjectured the inequality for origin-symmetric convex bodies, while Malikiosis conjectured that it remains valid without the symmetry assumption; the stated general version is open.

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Matthew Tointon, “New bounds in the discrete analogue of Minkowski's second theorem”, arXiv:2303.07384 (2024).

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