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leech lattice

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables
leech lat-tice
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

After mathematician John Leech, who discovered it in 1967.

Inflected Forms

Leech lattices (plural)

Questions

What does leech lattice mean?
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.
Where does leech lattice come from?
After mathematician John Leech, who discovered it in 1967.

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