The kissing number in four dimensions
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DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2008.168.1zbMATH Open1169.52008arXivmath/0309430OpenAlexW2028783114MaRDI QIDQ2389110FDOQ2389110
Authors: Oleg R. Musin 
Publication date: 14 July 2009
Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The kissing number problem asks for the maximal number k(n) of equal size nonoverlapping spheres in n-dimensional space that can touch another sphere of the same size. This problem in dimension three was the subject of a famous discussion between Isaac Newton and David Gregory in 1694. In three dimensions the problem was finally solved only in 1953 by Sch"utte and van der Waerden. In this paper we present a solution of a long-standing problem about the kissing number in four dimensions. Namely, the equality k(4)=24 is proved. The proof is based on a modification of Delsarte's method.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0309430
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