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Summarizing https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-chase-moonshine-string-theory-connections-20150312/
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The article discusses the discovery of a connection between number theory, algebra and string theory through the study of the monster group. The monster group is an abstract mathematical object that has been studied by mathematicians for its symmetries. It was discovered that the monster group had a representation in certain dimensions, including 1 and 196,883. This led to the discovery of a mysterious connection between these different fields of mathematics. The connection was further explored when John Thompson, a Fields medalist now at the University of Florida in Gainesville, made an additional discovery. He found that the j-function's second coefficient, 21,493,760, is the sum of the first three special dimensions of the monster: 1 + 196,883 + 21,296,876. It seemed as if the j-function was somehow controlling the structure of the elusive monster group.
Two other mathematicians had demonstrated so many of these numerical relationships that it no longer seemed possible that they were mere coincidences. In a 1979 paper called “Monstrous Moonshine,” the
Here's my try:
The article discusses the discovery of a connection between number theory, algebra and string theory through the study of the monster group. The monster group is an abstract mathematical object that has been studied by mathematicians for its symmetries. It was discovered that the monster group had a representation in certain dimensions, including 1 and 196,883. This led to the discovery of a mysterious connection between these different fields of mathematics. The connection was further explored when John Thompson, a Fields medalist now at the University of Florida in Gainesville, made an additional discovery. He found that the j-function's second coefficient, 21,493,760, is the sum of the first three special dimensions of the monster: 1 + 196,883 + 21,296,876. It seemed as if the j-function was somehow controlling the structure of the elusive monster group.
Two other mathematicians had demonstrated so many of these numerical relationships that it no longer seemed possible that they were mere coincidences. In a 1979 paper called “Monstrous Moonshine,” the