Exploring Moonshine in String Theory

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• Miranda Cheng (Paris 7)
• Wednesday 13 November 2013, 14:15-15:15
• MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

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The term “moonshine” was introduced in the 70’s to describe a mysterious relation between automorphic functions and representations of finite groups, two distinct and fundamental concepts in mathematics. Recently, a novel type of moonshine phenomenon, named “umbral moonshine”, was discovered. Evidence suggests that umbral moonshine enjoys a close connection to string theory compactified on K3 surfaces. In this talk I will report on the progress of this moonshine exploration from a string theoretic perspective.

This talk is part of the Theoretical Physics Colloquium series.

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