Vertex Operator Algebras and the Monster |
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Author:
| Frenkel, Igor Lepowsky, James Meurman, Arne |
Series title: | Issn Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-08-087454-8 |
Publication Date: | May 1989 |
Publisher: | Elsevier
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $72.95USD $87.54 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionThis 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."