On a mean value formula for multiple sums over a lattice and its dual

Abstract

We prove a generalized version of Rogers' mean value formula in the space $X_n$ of unimodular lattices in $R^n$, which gives the mean value of a multiple sum over a lattice $L$ and its dual $L^{\ast }$. As an application, we prove that for $L$ random with respect to the SL$(n,R)$-invariant probability measure, in the limit of large dimension $n$, the volumes determined by the lengths of the non-zero vectors $\pm x$ in L on the one hand, and the non-zero vectors $\pm x^{\prime }$ in $L^{\ast }$ on the other hand, converge weakly to two independent Poisson processes on the positive real line, both with intensity 1/2.

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