Properties

Label 7.2.4.1.2
Class number $1$
Dimension $7$
Determinant $2$
Level $4$

Downloads

Learn more

The $E_7$ lattice is the root lattice associated to the $E_7$ root system.

Lattice Invariants

Dimension:$7$
Determinant:$2$
Level:$4$
Density:$0.295297873145712573099774429210\dots$
Group order:$2903040$
Hermite number:$1.81144732852781334318834574643\dots$
Minimal vector length:$2$
Kissing number:$126$
Normalized minimal vectors: $(1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)$, $(1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)$, $(1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)$, $(1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)$, $(1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1)$, $(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0)$, $(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1)$, $(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0)$, $(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)$, $(1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1)$, $(1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1)$, $(1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1)$, $(1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0, 1)$, $(1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1)$, $(1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1)$ ...
Download the complete list for gp, magma, sage

Theta Series

\(1 \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut 126 q^{2} \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut 756 q^{4} \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut 2072 q^{6} \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut 4158 q^{8} \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut 7560 q^{10} \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut 11592 q^{12} \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut 16704 q^{14} \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut 24948 q^{16} \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut 31878 q^{18} \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut 39816 q^{20} \) \(\mathstrut +\mathstrut O(q^{21}) \)

Gram Matrix

$\left(\begin{array}{rrrrrrr} 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & -1 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 2 \end{array}\right)$

Genus Structure

Genus representatives:
Class number:$1$
 
$\left(\begin{array}{rrrrrrr} 2 & -1 & 1 & 0 & 1 & 1 & 1 \\ -1 & 2 & -1 & -1 & -1 & -1 & -1 \\ 1 & -1 & 2 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 & -1 & 1 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & -1 & 1 & 0 & 1 & 2 & 1 \\ 1 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 & 2 \end{array}\right)$
Download this matrix for gp, magma, sage

Additional information

The $E_7$ lattice is the unique solution of the lattice packing problem in dimension 7.