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Ranks and Sphere Packings

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We discuss applications of Mordell–Weil lattices to the rank problem for elliptic curves over a given field and the sphere packing problem.

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Schütt, M., Shioda, T. (2019). Ranks and Sphere Packings. In: Mordell–Weil Lattices. Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics, vol 70. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9301-4_13

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