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Vertex operator algebras and the Monster /
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 alg...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Academic Press,
�1988.
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| Colección: | Pure and applied mathematics (Academic Press) ;
134. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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." |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (liii, 508 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-492) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080874548 0080874541 |