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A Note on Covering by Convex Bodies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Gábor Fejes Tóth
Gábor Fejes Tóth*
Affiliation:
Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pf. 127, H-1364 Budapest, Hungary e-mail: gfejes@renyi.hu
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Abstract

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A classical theorem of Rogers states that for any convex body $K$ in $n$-dimensional Euclidean space there exists a covering of the space by translates of $K$ with density not exceeding $n\,\log \,n\,+\,n\,\log \,\log \,n\,+\,5$. Rogers’ theorem does not say anything about the structure of such a covering. We show that for sufficiently large values of $n$ the same bound can be attained by a covering which is the union of $O\left( \log \,n \right)$ translates of a lattice arrangement of $K$.

Keywords

52C0752C1711H31
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , 01 September 2009 , pp. 361 - 365
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2009

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