The densest lattice in twenty-four dimensions

Electronic Research Announcements of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 58-67

  Cohn, Henry ^a   Kumar, Abhinav ^b  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 15944409994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10796762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S1079-6762-04-00130-1     Document Type: Article

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