Abstract

We describe continuous increasing functions Cn(x) such that γn ≥ Cn(γn-1) where γm is Hermite's constant in dimension m. This inequality yields a new proof of the Minkowski–Hlawka bound Δn ≥ ζ(n)21-n for the maximal density Δn of n-dimensional lattice packings.

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