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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