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Igor Frenkel
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Vertex Operator Algebras and the Monster, Volume 134 (Pure and Applied Mathematics) |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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508 |
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1989-04-11 |
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0122670655 |
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Academic Press |
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2.05 pounds |
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5.91 x 1.38 x 8.86 inches |
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1 |
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Product 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."
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