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The sphere packing problem in dimension 8 | Annals of Mathematics

Pages 991-1015 from Volume 185 (2017), Issue 3

Abstract

In this paper we prove that no packing of unit balls in Euclidean space $\mathbb R^8$ has density greater than that of the $E_8$-lattice packing.

Authors

Maryna S. Viazovska

Berlin Mathematical School and Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Current address:

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland