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Algebraic proof of modular form inequalities for optimal sphere packings

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics

Speaker: Seewoo Lee, UC Berkeley
Location: 1147 MSB
Start time: Tue, Jan 14 2025, 2:10PM

We give algebraic proofs of modular form inequalities for optimal sphere packings in dimensions 8 and 24 by Viazovska and Cohn-Kumar-Miller-Radchenko-Viazovska.