Notes on the K3 Surface and the Mathieu group M_24
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-03-31 v2 Algebraic Geometry
Group Theory
Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We point out that the elliptic genus of the K3 surface has a natural decomposition in terms of dimensions of irreducible representations of the largest Mathieu group M_24. The reason is yet a mystery.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1004.0956,
title = {Notes on the K3 Surface and the Mathieu group M_24},
author = {Tohru Eguchi and Hirosi Ooguri and Yuji Tachikawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.0956},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
10 pages. v2: published version