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Moonshine paths for 3A and 6A nodes of the extended E8-diagram

Quantum Algebra 2012-05-29 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We continue the program to make a moonshine path between a node of the extended E8E_8-diagram and the Monster. Our theory is a concrete model expressing some of the mysterious connections identified by John McKay, George Glauberman and Simon Norton. In this article, we treat the 3A and 6A-nodes. We determine the orbits of triples (x,y,z)(x,y,z) in the Monster where z2Bz\in 2B, x,y2AC(z)x, y \in 2A \cap C(z) and xy3A6Axy\in 3A \cup 6A. Such x,yx, y correspond to a rootless EE8EE_8-pair in the Leech lattice. For the 3A and 6A cases, we shall say something about the "half Weyl groups", which are proposed in the Glauberman-Norton theory. Most work in this article is with lattices, due to their connection with dihedral subgroups of the Monster. These lattices are M+NM+N, where M,NM, N is the relevant pair of EE8EE_8-sublattices, and their annihilators in the Leech lattice. The isometry groups of these four lattices are analyzed.

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@article{arxiv.1205.6017,
  title  = {Moonshine paths for 3A and 6A nodes of the extended E8-diagram},
  author = {Robert L. Griess and Ching Hung lam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.6017},
  year   = {2012}
}