Leech lattice

English

Etymology

After mathematician John Leech, who discovered it in 1967.

Noun

Leech lattice (plural Leech lattices)

1. (mathematics) An even unimodular lattice Λ₂₄ in 24-dimensional Euclidean space, which is one of the best models for the problem of finding the maximum possible kissing number for n-dimensional spheres in (n + 1)-dimensional Euclidean space.

   Hypernym: Niemeier lattice