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The minimum value of quadratic forms, and the closest packing of spheres

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  1. See “Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society”25 (1919), pp. 449–453, for references; as well as L. E. Dickson, “History of the Theory of Numbers”3, pp. 234–252. — See also article by Remak, “Mathematische Zeitschrift”26 (1927), pp. 694–699.

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    H. F. Blichfeldt

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Blichfeldt, H.F. The minimum value of quadratic forms, and the closest packing of spheres. Math. Ann. 101, 605–608 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01454863

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