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Vertex operator algebras and the monster

By Igor Frenkel , James Lepowsky , Arne Meurman

Book information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
1988
ISBN
0122670655, 9780122670657
LCC
QA3 .P8 vol. 134,QA326 .P8 vol. 134
Open Library ID
OL2031899M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2653209 bytes)
Series
Pure and applied mathematics 134
Pages
563\563
Topic
Mathematics Algebra
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-12-04 00:34:26

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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