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401-3110-65L Monstrous Moonshine
Semester
Autumn Semester 2015
Lecturers
C. A. Keller
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non-recurring course
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English
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Number of participants limited to 16.
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Abstract
We study Monstrous Moonshine, the surprising connection between modular forms and the Monster group.
Objective
To understand the equation 196884 = 196883 + 1.
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Algebra I and II. Some familiarity with modular forms and Lie algebras is helpful, but not crucial: all necessary concepts will be introduced in the early talks.