Uniqueness of the (22, 891, 1/4) spherical code

New York Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 147-157

  Cohn, Henry ^a   Kumar, Abhinav ^a,b  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kissing configuration; Leech lattice; Spherical code; Spherical design

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250826482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10769803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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