"Niemeier lattice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Niemeier lattices [plural]
Etymology: After mathematician Hans-Volker Niemeier, who classified them in 1973. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Niemeier lattice (plural Niemeier lattices)
  1. (mathematics) Any of the 24 positive definite even unimodular lattices of rank 24. Categories (topical): Mathematics Hyponyms: Leech lattice

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