Monstrous Moonshine: The first twenty-five years
Quantum Algebra
2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Representation Theory
Abstract
Twenty-five years ago, Conway and Norton published their remarkable paper `Monstrous Moonshine', proposing a completely unexpected relationship between finite simple groups and modular functions. This paper reviews the progress made in broadening and understanding that relationship.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0402345,
title = {Monstrous Moonshine: The first twenty-five years},
author = {T. Gannon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0402345},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
33 pages. 10 references added; minor changes to text