The magic of 8 and 24

DOI10.4171/icm2022/203arXiv2207.03871OpenAlexW4389775252MaRDI QIDQ6200335

Andrei Okounkov

Publication date: 22 March 2024

Published in: International Congress of Mathematicians (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.03871

zbMATH Keywords

sphere packings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice packing and covering (number-theoretic aspects) (11H31)

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