The Niemeier lattices are a specific family of 24 even unimodular lattices in 24-dimensional space. They are named after the mathematician Hans Niemeier, who classified them in the 1970s. These lattices play an important role in various areas of mathematics, including number theory, geometry, and the theory of modular forms, as well as in theoretical physics, particularly in string theory and the study of orbifolds.
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