Vertex Operator Algebras and the Monster (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780122670657)

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."

Author: Igor Frenkel, James Lepowsky, Arne Meurman
ISBN-10: 0122670655
ISBN-13: 9780122670657
Publisher: Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 03/28/1989
Pages: 508
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.02lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d