The d4 root system is not universally optimal

Experimental Mathematics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Cohn, Henry ^a   Conway, John H ^b   Elkies, Noam D ^c   Kumar, Abhinav ^d  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

24 cell; D4 root system; Potential energy minimization; Spherical code; Spherical design; Universally optimal code

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349191012     PISSN: 10586458     EISSN: 1944950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10586458.2007.10129008     Document Type: Article

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