Moonshine beyond the monster : the bridge connecting algebra, modular forms and physics
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Moonshine beyond the monster : the bridge connecting algebra, modular forms and physics
（Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics）
Cambridge University Press, c2023
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"First published 2006. Reissued as OA 2023"--T. p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-463) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Moonshine forms a way of explaining the mysterious connection between the monster finite group and modular functions from classical number theory. The theory has evolved to describe the relationship between finite groups, modular forms and vertex operator algebras. Moonshine beyond the Monster describes the general theory of Moonshine and its underlying concepts, emphasising the interconnections between mathematics and mathematical physics. Written in a clear and pedagogical style, this book is ideal for graduate students and researchers working in areas such as conformal field theory, string theory, algebra, number theory, geometry and functional analysis. Containing more than 100 exercises, it is also a suitable textbook for graduate courses on Moonshine and as supplementary reading for courses on conformal field theory and string theory. Originally published in 2006, this title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: glimpses of the theory beneath Monstrous moonshine
- 1. Classical algebra
- 2. Modular stuff
- 3. Gold and brass: affine algebras and generalisations
- 4. Conformal field theory: The physics of Moonshine
- 5. Vertex operator algebras
- 6. Modular group representations throughout the realm
- 7. Monstrous Moonshine
- Epilogue
- Notation
- References
- Index.
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