A Simple Construction for the Barnes-Wall Lattices

A certain family of orthogonal groups (called “Clifford groups” by G. E. Wall) has arisen in a variety of different contexts in recent years. These groups have a simple definition as the automorphism groups of certain generalized Barnes-Wall lattices. This leads to an especially simple construction for the usual Barnes-Wall lattices.

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