Sphere Packings, Lattices, and Groups (Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften (Springer Paperback)) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038796617X ISBN 13: 9780387966175

Synopsis

The second edition of this 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 covering problem, the quantizing problem, and the classification of lattices and quadratic forms. Like the first edition, the second edition describes the applications of these questions to other areas of mathematics and science such as number theory, coding theory, group theory, analog-to-digital conversion and data compression, n-dimensional crystallography, and dual theory and superstring theory in physics.

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Third Edition

J.H. Conway and N.J.A. Sloane

Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups

"This is the third edition of this reference work in the literature on sphere packings and related subjects. In addition to the content of the preceding editions, the present edition provides in its preface a detailed survey on recent developments in the field, and an exhaustive supplementary bibliography for 1988-1998. A few chapters in the main text have also been revised."―MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038796617X
• ISBN 13: 9780387966175
• Binding: Hardcover