How to construct the Leech lattice
Channel: Richard E Borcherds
Date: 2022-01-26

This lecture describes an astonishingly simple construction of the Leech lattice in 24 dimensions, found by John Conway and Neal Sloane. 
This is an experimental joint video with @yamsox  (https://www.tiktok.com/@yamsox/video/7057530890381053189) who added the animation,  the thumbnail, and improved the audio. He has a companion video on the E8 lattice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B14in_wbQw