John Conway, Neil J. A. Sloane

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Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

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 covering problem, the quantizing problem, and the classification of lattices and quadratic forms.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 706
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475765687
• Artikelnr.: 44185136

Rezensionen

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