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Vertex Operator Algebras and the Monster (Volume 134) (Pure and Applied Mathematics, Volume 134)

By Igor Frenkel , James Lepowsky , Arne Meurman

Book information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
1989
ISBN
0122670655, 9780122670657
ISSN
0079-8169
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8419302 bytes)
Series
Pure and Applied Mathematics 134
Edition
1
Pages
508\548
Time added
2013-11-12 04:12:10

Description

This work is motivated by and develops connections between several branches of mathematics and physics--the theories of Lie algebras, finite groups and modular functions in mathematics, and string theory in physics. The first part of the book presents a new mathematical theory of vertex operator algebras, the algebraic counterpart of two-dimensional holomorphic conformal quantum field theory. The remaining part constructs the Monster finite simple group as the automorphism group of a very special vertex operator algebra, called the "moonshine module" because of its relevance to "monstrous moonshine."

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