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Glued lattices are better quantizers than $K_{12}$

Information Theory 2024-06-25 v3 Mathematical Physics math.IT Metric Geometry math.MP

Abstract

40 years ago, Conway and Sloane proposed using the highly symmetrical Coxeter-Todd lattice K12K_{12} for quantization, and estimated its second moment. Since then, all published lists identify K12K_{12} as the best 12-dimensional lattice quantizer. Surprisingly, K12K_{12} is not optimal: we construct two new 12-dimensional lattices with lower normalized second moments. The new lattices are obtained by gluing together 6-dimensional lattices.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2312.00481,
  title  = {Glued lattices are better quantizers than $K_{12}$},
  author = {Erik Agrell and Daniel Pook-Kolb and Bruce Allen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.00481},
  year   = {2024}
}
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