@cwebber @aeveltstra Error-correcting codes are the most direct application I can think of for the study of sphere packing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leech_lattice#Applications
It matters to quantum information theory, what I work on, for a slightly more indirect reason having to do with optimal quantum measurements: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.01426
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