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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Universal optimality of the $E_8$ and Leech lattices and interpolation formulas · HackerPapers discussions</title><link>https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1902.05438/</link><description>Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1902.05438/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Universal optimality of the $E_8$ and Leech lattices and interpolation formulas — mentioned by jhanschoo</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19937329</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:1902.05438:19937329</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 07:57:06 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;You can find the paper preprint here https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.05438.pdf linked to by the author. What you&amp;#x27;re asking for is impossible. A paper is already written to communicate to other mathematicians; teaching the prerequisites not mentioned in the paper can&amp;#x27;t fit in anything but a graduate textbook. The magazine article still serves a purpose. It sketches the shape of the problem and the approach for the proof, and this is useful to math practitioners of at least undergraduate level, in the sense that they may take inspiration from the approach in their own problems, or may convinced…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1902.05438/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>math.MG</category></item></channel></rss>
