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Covering convex bodies by translates of convex bodies

Part of: General convexity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

C. A. Rogers  and
C. Zong
C. A. Rogers
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT.
C. Zong
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
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Abstract

A number of known estimates of the number of translates, or lattice translates, of a convex body H required to cover a convex body K are obtained as consequences of two simple results.

MSC classification

Secondary: 52A40: Inequalities and extremum problems
Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematika , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , June 1997 , pp. 215 - 218
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1997

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