Talk:Mapping to lattice
Questions
You've taken this
| g₁ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| g₂ | -3 | 7/1 | |||
| -2 | |||||
| -1 | |||||
| 0 | 2/1 | 3/1 | |||
| 1 | 5/1 | ||||
and rotated/flipped/sheared it, converting it to this
| g₁ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| g₂ | 0 | 2/1 | 7/1 | |||
| 1 | 5/1 | 3/1 | ||||
This is a valid lattice, but why is it better than the original one, or any of the other possibilities? And why use generators 6/5 and 3/2 instead of 3/2 and 6/5? What is the exact method for finding the best lattice?