Mahler's successive-minima inequality for polars

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Let K∈KosnK\in\mathcal K_{os}^n be an origin-symmetric convex body and let Λ∈Ln\Lambda\in\mathcal L^n be a lattice. Write K⋆K^\star and Λ⋆\Lambda^\star for the polar body and dual lattice. Mahler's successive-minima conjecture.

2nn!det⁡(Λ) λ1(K⋆,Λ⋆)⋯λn(K⋆,Λ⋆)≤vol⁡(K).\frac{2^n}{n!}\det(\Lambda)\,\lambda_1(K^\star,\Lambda^\star)\cdots\lambda_n(K^\star,\Lambda^\star)\leq\operatorname{vol}(K).

The inequality would be best possible and, according to the source, is known for n=2,3n=2,3; the source does not resolve the general case.

References

Primary source

Iskander Aliev and Martin Henk, “Minkowski's successive minima in convex and discrete geometry”, arXiv:2304.00120 (2023).

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