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Lattice (group)
In
mathematics
, especially in
geometry
and
group theory
, a
lattice
in
is a subgroup of
which is isomorphic to
, and which
spans
the
real
vector space
. In other words, for any
basis
of
, the subgroup of all
linear combinations
with
integer
coefficients forms a lattice. A lattice may be viewed as a
regular tiling
of a space by a
primitive cell
.
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