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In this chapter we introduce the most important concept in the geometry of numbers, that of a lattice, and develop some of its basic properties. The contents of this chapter, except § 2.4 and § 5, are fundamental for almost everything that follows.
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Cassels, J.W.S. (1997). Lattices. In: An Introduction to the Geometry of Numbers. Classics in Mathematics, vol 99. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-62035-5_2
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