Pieces of eight: semiselfdual lattices and a new foundation for the theory of Conway and Mathieu groups

DOI10.1006/aima.1999.1846zbMath0982.20009OpenAlexW2091554480MaRDI QIDQ1969015

Robert L. jun. Griess

Publication date: 13 January 2002

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/d4744228b14a2e45abcc4311048715bfaf7a807b

zbMATH Keywords

automorphism groupsLeech latticeMathieu groupsroot latticesConway groupsGolay codessemiselfdual latticesunimodular Euclidean lattices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear codes (general theory) (94B05) Simple groups: sporadic groups (20D08) Lattices and convex bodies (number-theoretic aspects) (11H06) Automorphism groups of lattices (11H56) Multiply transitive finite groups (20B20)

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