General classification of lattice tilings for limited-magnitude two-coordinate error balls

Determine the existence of lattice tilings of \(\mathbb{Z}^n\) by the limited-magnitude error balls \(\mathcal{B}(n,2,k_1,k_2)\) for the general parameter ranges not resolved by the paper’s complete classifications and sufficiently-large-dimension nonexistence theorem.

Background

The paper completely classifies lattice tilings by B(n,2,3,0)\mathcal{B}(n,2,3,0), proves nonexistence for the family B(n,2,k,k1)\mathcal{B}(n,2,k,k-1) with k2k\geq2, and establishes nonexistence in sufficiently large dimensions when k1+k2+1k_1+k_2+1 is composite. It explicitly acknowledges that these results do not settle all remaining parameter choices. In particular, the unresolved general cases include parameter regimes outside the stated theorems, with the prime case k1+k2+1=pk_1+k_2+1=p identified later as especially difficult.

References

Unfortunately, we cannot solve all general cases completely.

On lattice tilings of $\mathbb{Z}^n$ by limited magnitude error balls $\mathcal{B}(n,2,k_{1},k_{2})$ with $k_1>k_2$  (2505.08495 - Leung et al., 13 May 2025) in Section 1, Introduction, immediately before Theorem 1.3