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in a lattice

Let be a collection of points in (usually a lattice). A hole is a point of whose distance to is a local maximum. A deep hole is a point of whose distance to is the absolute maximum (if such exists).

If is a lattice, then the holes are precisely the vertices of the Voronoi cells (cf. Voronoi diagram; Parallelohedron).

References

[a1] J.H. Conway, N.J.A. Sloane, "Sphere packings, lattices and groups" , Grundlehren , 230 , Springer (1988) pp. 6; 26; 33; 407
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Deep hole. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Deep_hole&oldid=31866
This article was adapted from an original article by M. Hazewinkel (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article