What is the monster?
Group Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Authors:
R. E. Borcherds
Abstract
A content-free expository article about the monster simple group.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0209328,
title = {What is the monster?},
author = {R. E. Borcherds},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0209328},
year = {2007}
}
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3 pages, plain tex
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