Unimodular lattice code 

Also known as Self-dual lattice code.

Description

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].

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  • 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].
  • Spherical design — A union of \(t\) shells of self-dual lattices and their shadows form spherical \(t\)-designs [5].

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
[5]
C. Pache, “Shells of selfdual lattices viewed as spherical designs”, (2005) arXiv:math/0502313
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