Leech lattice

noun

Etymology

After mathematician John Leech, who discovered it in 1967.

Definitions

  1. An even unimodular lattice Λ₂₄ in 24-dimensional Euclidean space, which is one of the…

    An even unimodular lattice Λ₂₄ in 24-dimensional Euclidean space, which is one of the best models for the problem of finding the maximum possible kissing number for n-dimensional spheres in (n + 1)-dimensional Euclidean space.

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