Characterization of Self Dual Lattices in R, R₂ and R₃

Comlan de Souza, David W. Kammler

Department of Mathematics, California State University at Fresno, Fresno, USA.
Department of Mathematics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/am.2014.510137                

Abstract

This paper shows that the only self dual lattices in R, R², R³  are rotations of Z , Z×Z and Z×Z×Z.

Keywords

Self Dual Lattice

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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