nLab Niemeier lattice

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Related concepts

• lattice (discrete subgroup)

• Leech lattice, E8-lattice

• Mathieu moonshine, umbral moonshine

References

The original article:

• Hans-Volker Niemeier, Definite quadratische Formen der Dimension 24 und Diskriminante 1, Journal of Number Theory 5 2 (1973) 142-178 [doi:10.1016/0022-314X(73)90068-1]

See also:

• Wikipedia, Niemeier lattice

Relation to heterotic string theory:

• Wolfgang Lerche, Dieter Lüst, Adrian Norbert Schellekens, Ten-dimensional heterotic strings from Niemeier lattices, Physics Letters B 181 1–2 (1986) 71-75 [doi:10.1016/0370-2693(86)91257-8, inspire:233203]