A conceptual breakthrough in sphere packing
Metric Geometry
2017-04-04 v1 Number Theory
Abstract
This expository paper describes Viazovska's breakthrough solution of the sphere packing problem in eight dimensions, as well as its extension to twenty-four dimensions by Cohn, Kumar, Miller, Radchenko, and Viazovska.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1611.01685,
title = {A conceptual breakthrough in sphere packing},
author = {Henry Cohn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.01685},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
24 pages, 9 figures