[(Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups )] [Author: John Conway] [Dec-2010]

by John H. Conway

The third edition of this timely, definitive, and popular book continues to pursue the what is the most efficient way to pack a large number of equal spheres in n-dimensional Euclidean space? The authors also continue to examine related problems such as the kissing number problem, the covering problem, the quantizing problem, and the classification of lattices and quadratic forms. Like the previous edition, the third edition describes the applications of these questions to other areas of mathematics and science such as number theory, coding theory, group theory, analog-to-digital conversion and data compression, n-dimensional crystallography, dual theory and superstring theory in physics. Of special interest to the third edtion is a brief report on some recent developments in the field and an updated and enlarged Supplementary Bibliography with over 800 items.

Genres: Mathematics

Unknown Binding

First published December 1, 1987

About the author

John Horton Conway, often credited as John H. Conway, was a Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, known for inventing the "Game of Life."

Reviews

[Joe Cole · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is good textbook if you want to know more Lattices theory.