Maryna Viazovska, during her time as a postdoctoral researcher at the Berlin Mathematical School and the Humboldt University of Berlin, solved the centuries-old “sphere packing” problem in dimensions 8 and 24 (the latter dimension in collaboration with other researchers). Interest in dimensions 8 and 24 stem from the fact that in these dimensions, there exist … Continue reading Sphere packing problem for dimensions 8 and 24 solved