The sphere-packing problem: Out of a magic mathematical function, one solution to rule them all -- Science & Technology -- Sott.net
Mathematicians used "magic functions" to prove that two highly symmetric lattices solve a myriad of problems in eight- and 24-dimensional space. Three years ago, Maryna Viazovska, of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, dazzled...
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