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On a question of V. I. Arnol’d

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We show by a construction that there are at least exp {cV (d−1)/(d+1)} convex lattice polytopes in ℝd of volume V that are different in the sense that none of them can be carried to an other one by a lattice preserving affine transformation.

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Bárány, I. On a question of V. I. Arnol’d. Acta Math Hung 137, 72–81 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10474-012-0219-2

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