Sphere Packings, Lattices, and Groups

by John H. Conway, N.J.A. Sloane, N. J. Sloane, et al.

Book Overview

The third edition of this 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 examine such related issues as the kissing number problem, the covering problem, the quantizing problem, and the classification of lattices and quadratic forms. There is also a description of the applications of these questions to other areas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038796617X
• ISBN13: 9780387966175
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.