How to stack oranges in 24 dimensions

• Autores: Lisa Grossman
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3067, 2016, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Mathematicians have proved that they know the best way to pack spheres in eight and 24 dimensions--the first time this problem has been solved in a new dimension for almost 20 years. Now, Maryna Viazovska at Humboldt University of Berlin has proved that a grid called the E8 lattice is the best packing in eight dimensions. Almost immediately after, she teamed up with other researchers to prove that a related arrangement called the Leech lattice is best in 24 dimensions.