Moonshine Beyond the Monster - The Bridge Connecting Algebra, Modular Forms and Physics

A monograph on Moonshine, a mathematical physics topic, for graduate students and researchers.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction: glimpses of the theory beneath Monstrous moonshine; 1. Classical algebra; 2. Modular stuff; 3. Gold and brass: affine algebras and generalisations; 4. Conformal field theory: The physics of Moonshine; 5. Vertex operator algebras; 6. Modular group representations throughout the realm; 7. Monstrous Moonshine; Epilogue; Notation; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Terry Gannon, Terry (University of Alberta) Gannon, Gannon Terry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009401555
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0940155-5
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics; Cambridge Monographs on Mathem
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Algebra, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, MATHEMATICS / Number Theory, MATHEMATICS / Algebra / General, Number Theory, Mathematical physics, Mathematical / Computational / Theoretical physics