Sphere packings, lattices, and groups

By John Horton Conway, Neil J. A. Sloane

Subjects: Number theory, Group theory, Chemistry, Sphere packings, Mathematics, Finite groups, Combinatorial packing and covering, Lattice theory, Engineering, Combinatorial analysis, Sphere

Description: This book is an exposition of the mathematics arising from the theory of sphere packings. Considerable progress has been made on the basic problems in the field, and the most recent research is presented here. Connections with many areas of pure and applied mathematics, for example signal processing, coding theory, are thoroughly discussed.