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The chromatic number of 4-dimensional lattices

Authors :
Vallentin, Frank
Weißbach, Stephen
Zimmermann, Marc Christian
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The chromatic number of a lattice in n-dimensional Euclidean space is defined as the chromatic number of its Voronoi graph. The Voronoi graph is the Cayley graph on the lattice having the strict Voronoi vectors as generators. In this paper we determine the chromatic number of all 4-dimensional lattices. To achieve this we use the known classification of 52 parallelohedra in dimension 4. These 52 geometric types yield 16 combinatorial types of relevant Voronoi graphs. We discuss a systematic approach to checking for isomorphism of Cayley graphs of lattices. Lower bounds for the chromatic number are obtained from choosing appropriate small finite induced subgraphs of the Voronoi graphs. Matching upper bounds are derived from periodic colorings. To determine the chromatic numbers of these finite graphs, we employ a SAT solver.<br />Comment: (v2) 17 pages, referees comments incorporated

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2407.03513
Document Type :
Working Paper