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A new sequence of minima in the geometry of numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

A. M. Macbeath
A. M. Macbeath
Affiliation:
Clare CollegeCambridge
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The problem of evaluating the non-homogeneous critical determinant of the plane region |y − x2| ≤ 1 is solved as a particular case of a result concerning the non-homogeneous properties of convex regions proved in the author's thesis (not yet published). The search for an alternative method of proof led to a proof of the existence of an infinite sequence of minima analogous to the Markoff chain. This is the subject of the present paper.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , April 1951 , pp. 266 - 273
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1951

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