Description
Also called a self-dual lattice code. A lattice that is equal to its dual, \(L^\perp = L\). Unimodular lattices have \(\det L = \pm 1\).
Protection
The minimum norm of a unimodular lattice satisfies \begin{align} \mu\leq2\left[\frac{n}{24}\right]+2~, \tag*{(1)}\end{align} unless \(n = 23\) [1].
Parent
Children
- Niemeier lattice code — Niemeier lattice codes are even and unimodular.
- \(D_4\) hyper-diamond lattice code
- \(E_8\) Gosset lattice code — The \(E_8\) Gosset lattice code is even and unimodular.
- \(\mathbb{Z}^n\) hypercubic lattice code — The hypercubic lattice code is odd and unimodular.
Cousins
- Self-dual linear code — Unimodular lattices are lattice analogues of self-dual codes. There are several parallels between (doubly-even) self-dual binary codes and (even) unimodular lattices [2,3].
- Self-dual additive code — There are parallels between self-dual additive codes over \(\mathbb{Z}_{2k}\) and even unimodular lattices [4].
References
- [1]
- E. M. Rains and N. J. A. Sloane, “The Shadow Theory of Modular and Unimodular Lattices”, Journal of Number Theory 73, 359 (1998) DOI
- [2]
- J. H. Conway and N. J. A. Sloane, Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups (Springer New York, 1999) DOI
- [3]
- Self-Dual Codes and Invariant Theory (Springer-Verlag, 2006) DOI
- [4]
- E. Bannai et al., “Type II codes, even unimodular lattices, and invariant rings”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 45, 1194 (1999) DOI
Page edit log
- Victor V. Albert (2023-04-22) — most recent
Cite as:
“Unimodular lattice code”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2023. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/self_dual_lattice