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.

Summary

This book describes the general theory of Moonshine and its underlying concepts. It is ideal for graduate students and researchers in areas such as conformal field theory, string theory, algebra, number theory, geometry and functional analysis. This 2006 title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

Product details

• Authors: Terry Gannon, Terry (University of Alberta) Gannon, Gannon Terry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009401586
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0940158-6
• No. of pages: 492
• 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, Physics, Number Theory, Mathematical physics