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The value of \\(k(n)\\) has been known for \\(n=1,2,3\\) and (somewhat surprisingly, due to unique features of \\(E_8\\) and the Leech lattice) for \\(n=8,24\\):  \\[ k(1)=2,\\;k(2)=6,\\;k(3)=12,\\;k(8)=240,\\;k(24)=196560. \\]  In fact, the value \\(k(3)\\) was the subject of a famous discussion between Isaac Newton and David Gregory, and was known under the name of the \\textit{problem of 13 spheres} until its resolution by Sch\u00fctte and van der Waerden in 1953.  In four dimensions, it has long been known that the kissing number of the lattice \\(D_4\\) is 24, while the upper bound obtained by \\textit{A. M. Odlyzko} and \\textit{N. J. A. Sloane} [J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 26, 210--214 (1979; Zbl 0408.52007)] by an application of Delsarte's method guaranteed that \\(k(4) \\leq 25\\). In the paper under review, the author presents a powerful extension of Delsarte's linear programming method, obtaining a bound \\(k(24) < 25\\). 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