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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Broader terms: Niemeier lattice
History
After mathematician John Leech, who discovered it in 1967.
