History of science 7: Did Witt discover the Leech lattice?
Channel: Richard E Borcherds
Date: 2020-06-18

In about 1970 the German mathematician Witt claimed to have discovered the Leech lattice many years before Leech. This video explains what the Leech lattice is and examines the evidence for Witt's claim.

Lieven Lebruyn discussed this question on his blog:
http://www.neverendingbooks.org/who-discovered-the-leech-lattice