On the construction of dense Lattices with a given automorphisms group

Annales de l'Institut Fourier

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1051-1062

  Gaborit, Philippe ^a   Zémor, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Automorphism group; Double circulant codes; Lattice packings; Minkowski Hlawka lower bound; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547470406     PISSN: 03730956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5802/aif.2286     Document Type: Article

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