Sphere packings, lattices, and groups / J.H. Conway, N.J.A. Sloane ; with additional contributions by E. Bannai [and others]

The third edition of this timely, definitive, and popular book continues to pursue the question: what is the most efficient way to pack a large number of equal spheres in n-dimensional Euclidean space? The authors also continue to examine related problems such as the kissing number problem, the cove...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors:	Conway, John H. (John Horton) (Author), Sloane, N. J. A. (Neil James Alexander), 1939- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Springer, ©1999.
Edition:	Third edition.
Series:	Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften ; 290.
Subjects:	Sphere packings. Lattice theory. Finite groups.