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Fundamental Parallelepiped


A fundamental parallelepiped of a full-rank point lattice L subset R^n with basis b_1,...,b_n is the half-open set

 P(b_1,...,b_n)={sum_(i=1)^nt_ib_i:0<=t_i<1}.

The translations P+v for v in L form a set partition of R^n, so P is a fundamental domain for these translations. The closure of P is the parallelepiped spanned by the basis vectors. Different bases of the point lattice generally give different fundamental parallelepipeds, but all have the same volume, namely the covolume of L.


See also

Basis, Covolume, Fundamental Domain, Parallelepiped, Point Lattice, Volume

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Fundamental Parallelepiped." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FundamentalParallelepiped.html

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