Poisson summation formula for a Euclidean lattice Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-14
Let be a full-rank Euclidean lattice, with covolume and dual lattice . For a Schwartz function use the Fourier transform conventionThen the Poisson summation formula becomesBoth series have absolute convergence. To see the normalization, apply integer-lattice Poisson summation to . The change of variables formula gives , yielding both the reciprocal covolume factor and the dual lattice argument. The factor is the physical lattice-point density. In particular, for spacing ,For the Gaussian function with , the product of the one-dimensional Gaussian Fourier transforms givesHere is the Euclidean norm. As a normalization check, take . Its covolume is , and its dual lattice is , soThis also follows by multiplying two Gaussian Poisson summation identities with parameters and . If one instead uses an angular Fourier transform kernel , the reciprocal frequencies are , while the prefactor remains .