Taxonomy of lattice reduction

28 December 2023, Version 1
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Abstract

Several attributions exist for the reduced cells of lattices and for the reduction processes to produce them. The actual origins of the terms are compared and a taxonomy created. The terms ``Niggli reduction", ``Niggli cell", ``Delaunay reduction", and ``Delaunay cell" most accurately describe the crystallographic usages of reduced cells and reduction methods. An alternative spelling of Boris Delaunay's name, adopted by him later in life, is Delone.

Keywords

crystallography
lattice
reduction

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