Optimality and uniqueness of the Leech lattice among lattices

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1003-1050

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

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 71649112588     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2009.170.1003     Document Type: Article

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