Overview
The third edition of this timely, definitive, and popular book continues to pursue the question: 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.
Full Product Details
Author: John Conway ,
Neil J. A. Sloane
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: 3rd ed. 1999
Volume: 290
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 4.10cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 2.800kg
ISBN: 9780387985855
ISBN 10: 0387985859
Pages: 706
Publication Date: 07 December 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD
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Reviews
Third Edition J.H. Conway and N.J.A. Sloane Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups This is the third edition of this reference work in the literature on sphere packings and related subjects. In addition to the content of the preceding editions, the present edition provides in its preface a detailed survey on recent developments in the field, and an exhaustive supplementary bibliography for 1988-1998. A few chapters in the main text have also been revised. -MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS
Third Edition J.H. Conway and N.J.A. Sloane Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups This is the third edition of this reference work in the literature on sphere packings and related subjects. In addition to the content of the preceding editions, the present edition provides in its preface a detailed survey on recent developments in the field, and an exhaustive supplementary bibliography for 1988-1998. A few chapters in the main text have also been revised. --MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS
Third Edition <p>J.H. Conway and N.J.A. Sloane <p>Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups <p> This is the third edition of this reference work in the literature on sphere packings and related subjects. In addition to the content of the preceding editions, the present edition provides in its preface a detailed survey on recent developments in the field, and an exhaustive supplementary bibliography for 1988-1998. A few chapters in the main text have also been revised. a MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS
