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Midwest cousins of Barnes-Wall lattices

Number Theory 2009-10-12 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

Given a rational lattice and suitable set of linear transformations, we construct a cousin lattice. Sufficient conditions are given for integrality, evenness and unimodularity. When the input is a Barnes-Wall lattice, we get multi-parameter series of cousins. There is a subseries consisting of unimodular lattices which have ranks 2d1±2dk12^{d-1}\pm 2^{d-k-1}, for odd integers d3d\ge 3 and integers k=1,2,...,d12k=1,2, ..., \frac {d-1}2. Their minimum norms are moderately high: 2d212^{\lfloor \frac d2 \rfloor -1}.

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@article{arxiv.0901.0970,
  title  = {Midwest cousins of Barnes-Wall lattices},
  author = {Robert L. Griess},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.0970},
  year   = {2009}
}

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33 pages; submitted