E8 lattice

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The E8 lattice is an eight-dimensional, highly symmetric even unimodular lattice that plays a central role in Lie theory, sphere packing, and string theory.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
E8 lattice canonical 1
E_8 lattice 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf even unimodular lattice ⓘ
integral lattice ⓘ
lattice ⓘ
positive-definite lattice ⓘ
root lattice ⓘ
sphere packing ⓘ
associatedRootSystem E8 root system ⓘ
automorphismGroup Weyl group of type E8 ⓘ
linked to: Weyl group
determinant 1 ⓘ
dimension 8 ⓘ
directSumWithE8AndD16Forms Niemeier lattices ⓘ
directSumWithItselfForms E8⊕E8 lattice ⓘ
discriminant 1 ⓘ
givesOptimalSpherePackingInDimension 8 ⓘ
hasCoxeterNumber 30 ⓘ
hasDynkinType E8 ⓘ
hasNoRootsOfNorm 1 ⓘ
hasRootsOfNorm 2 ⓘ
hasRootSystemSize 240 ⓘ
hasThetaSeries weight4 modular form ⓘ
isBuildingBlockOf Leech lattice ⓘ
isEven true ⓘ
isEvenUnimodular true ⓘ
isEvenUnimodularPositiveDefiniteOfRankLessThan 24 ⓘ
isGeneratedBy E8 root system ⓘ
isHighlySymmetric true ⓘ
isIntegral true ⓘ
isPositiveDefinite true ⓘ
isRootLatticeOf E8 Lie algebra ⓘ
isSelfDual true ⓘ
isUnimodular true ⓘ
isUniqueEvenUnimodularLatticeOfRank 8 ⓘ
kissingNumber 240 ⓘ
minimalNorm 2 ⓘ
numberOfMinimalVectors 240 ⓘ
rank 8 ⓘ
relatedTo Lie algebra of type E8 ⓘ
exceptional Lie group E8 ⓘ
spherePackingDensity highestKnownInDimension8 ⓘ
thetaSeriesIsModularFormFor SL2(Z) ⓘ
usedIn E8×E8 heterotic string ⓘ
Lie theory ⓘ
conformal field theory ⓘ
heterotic string theory ⓘ
lattice vertex operator algebras ⓘ
sphere packing theory ⓘ
string theory ⓘ
WeylGroup Weyl group of type E8 ⓘ
linked to: Weyl group

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leech lattice → relatedTo → E8 lattice ⓘ
Hermite constant → relatedTo → E_8 lattice ⓘ
linked to: E8 lattice