Title: A pleasant introduction to sphere packings
Product review: This book consider both lattice and non-lattice sphere packings and consider the following special problems--a proof that kissing number in dimension 3 is 12--geometry of numbers: lattice sphere packings and spheres--kissing number in dimension 8 and 24--finite sphere packings--multiple sphere packings and blocking numbers--various upper bounds for packing density and kissingnumbersEvery chapter finish with a biography of a mathematicianThis very nice and easy to read book can be complementedby "sphere packings, lattice and groups" of Conway Sloane
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