Vertex operator algebras and the Monster:
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Main Author: Frenkel, Igor B. 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston Academic Press c1988
Series:Pure and applied mathematics (Academic Press) 134
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:This work is motivated by and develops connections between several branches of mathematics and physics--the theories of Lie algebras, finite groups and modular functions in mathematics, and string theory in physics. The first part of the book presents a new mathematical theory of vertex operator algebras, the algebraic counterpart of two-dimensional holomorphic conformal quantum field theory. The remaining part constructs the Monster finite simple group as the automorphism group of a very special vertex operator algebra, called the "moonshine module" because of its relevance to "monstrous moonshine."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-492) and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (liii, 508 p.)
ISBN:9780122670657
0122670655
9780080874548
0080874541
1281982059
9781281982056

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