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    The complete classification of five-dimensional Dirichlet-Voronoi polyhedra of translational lattices

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    In this paper we report on the full classification of Dirichlet-Voronoi polyhedra and Delaunay subdivisions of five-dimensional translational lattices. We obtain a complete list of 110244110244 affine types (L-types) of Delaunay subdivisions and it turns out that they are all combinatorially inequivalent, giving the same number of combinatorial types of Dirichlet-Voronoi polyhedra. Using a refinement of corresponding secondary cones, we obtain 181394181394 contraction types. We report on details of our computer assisted enumeration, which we verified by three independent implementations and a topological mass formula check.Comment: 16 page

    Computational Approaches to Lattice Packing and Covering Problems

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    We describe algorithms which address two classical problems in lattice geometry: the lattice covering and the simultaneous lattice packing-covering problem. Theoretically our algorithms solve the two problems in any fixed dimension d in the sense that they approximate optimal covering lattices and optimal packing-covering lattices within any desired accuracy. Both algorithms involve semidefinite programming and are based on Voronoi's reduction theory for positive definite quadratic forms, which describes all possible Delone triangulations of Z^d. In practice, our implementations reproduce known results in dimensions d <= 5 and in particular solve the two problems in these dimensions. For d = 6 our computations produce new best known covering as well as packing-covering lattices, which are closely related to the lattice (E6)*. For d = 7, 8 our approach leads to new best known covering lattices. Although we use numerical methods, we made some effort to transform numerical evidences into rigorous proofs. We provide rigorous error bounds and prove that some of the new lattices are locally optimal.Comment: (v3) 40 pages, 5 figures, 6 tables, some corrections, accepted in Discrete and Computational Geometry, see also http://fma2.math.uni-magdeburg.de/~latgeo

    On Enriques surfaces with four cusps

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    We study Enriques surfaces with four A_2-configurations. In particular, we construct open Enriques surfaces with fundamental groups (Z/3Z)^2 x Z/2Z and Z/6Z, completing the picture of the A_2-case from previous work by Keum and Zhang. We also construct an explicit Gorenstein Q-homology projective plane of singularity type A3 + 3A2, supporting an open case from a paper by Hwang, Keum and Ohashi.Comment: 29 pages, 1 figure; v3: Lemma 2.1 added, proof of Lemma 2.3 reorganized and streamline
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