Symmetric squares, spherical designs, and lattice minima

Journal of Algebra

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 185-208

  Lempken, Wolfgang ^a   Schröder, Bernd ^b   Tiep, Pham Huu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Euclidean integral lattice; Extreme lattice; Lattice minimum; Spherical design; Symmetric square; Thompson Smith lattice; Weil representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035374114     PISSN: 00218693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jabr.2000.8713     Document Type: Article

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