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Lattice group in Euclidean space whose points are integer n-tuples
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In mathematics, the n-dimensional integer lattice (or cubic lattice), denoted ⁠ Z n {\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} ^{n}} ⁠, is the lattice in the Euclidean space ⁠ R n {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}} ⁠ whose lattice points are n-tuples of integers. The two-dimensional integer lattice is also called the square lattice, or grid lattice. ⁠ Z n {\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} ^{n}} ⁠ is the simplest example of a root lattice. The integer lattice is an odd unimodular lattice.

Automorphism group

The automorphism group (or group of congruences) of the integer lattice consists of all permutations and sign changes of the coordinates, and is of order 2 n!. As a matrix group it is given by the set of all n × n signed permutation matrices. This group is isomorphic to the semidirect product

( Z 2 ) n ⋊ S n {\displaystyle (\mathbb {Z} _{2})^{n}\rtimes S_{n}}

where the symmetric group Sn acts on (Z2) by permutation (this is a classic example of a wreath product).

For the square lattice, this is the group of the square, or the dihedral group of order 8; for the three-dimensional cubic lattice, we get the group of the cube, or octahedral group, of order 48.

Diophantine geometry

In the study of Diophantine geometry, the square lattice of points with integer coordinates is often referred to as the Diophantine plane. In mathematical terms, the Diophantine plane is the Cartesian product Z × Z {\displaystyle \scriptstyle \mathbb {Z} \times \mathbb {Z} } of the ring of all integers Z {\displaystyle \scriptstyle \mathbb {Z} } . The study of Diophantine figures focuses on the selection of nodes in the Diophantine plane such that all pairwise distances are integers.

Coarse geometry

In coarse geometry, the integer lattice is coarsely equivalent to Euclidean space.

Pick's theorem

i = 7, b = 8, A = i + ⁠b/2⁠ − 1 = 10
Main article: Pick's theorem

Pick's theorem, first described by Georg Alexander Pick in 1899, provides a formula for the area of a simple polygon with all vertices lying on the 2-dimensional integer lattice, in terms of the number of integer points within it and on its boundary.

Let i {\displaystyle i} be the number of integer points interior to the polygon, and let b {\displaystyle b} be the number of integer points on its boundary (including both vertices and points along the sides). Then the area A {\displaystyle A} of this polygon is: A = i + b 2 − 1. {\displaystyle A=i+{\frac {b}{2}}-1.} The example shown has i = 7 {\displaystyle i=7} interior points and b = 8 {\displaystyle b=8} boundary points, so its area is A = 7 + 8 2 − 1 = 10 {\displaystyle A=7+{\tfrac {8}{2}}-1=10} square units.

See also

References

  1. Pick, Georg (1899). "Geometrisches zur Zahlenlehre". Sitzungsberichte des deutschen naturwissenschaftlich-medicinischen Vereines für Böhmen "Lotos" in Prag. (Neue Folge). 19: 311–319. JFM 33.0216.01. CiteBank:47270
  2. Aigner, Martin; Ziegler, Günter M. (2018). "Three applications of Euler's formula: Pick's theorem". Proofs from THE BOOK (6th ed.). Springer. pp. 93–94. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-57265-8. ISBN 978-3-662-57265-8.

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