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monstrous moonshine

connection between representation theory of the monster group and the modular j-invariant
Intangible Theorem Q392440

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6 properties
Instance of
theorem (1992–present), conjecture (?–1992)
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[6]
Name
monstrous moonshine[4]
Proved by
Richard Borcherds[3]
Studied by
group theory[5]
Time of discovery or invention
1979[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en monstrous moonshine fr conjecture de Conway-Norton fr conjecture Monstrous Moonshine ja モンストラス・ムーンシャイン ko 가공할 헛소리 nl monsterlijke moonshine ru moonshine-гипотеза ru гипотеза чудовищного вздора ru лунные гипотезы ru лунный свет tr Moonshine teorisi uk гіпотеза жахливої дурниці uk гіпотеза жахливої нісенітниці zh 康威－诺顿猜想 zh 怪獸月光猜想 zh-hant 康威－諾頓猜想
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Moonshine-conjecture
Freebase ID
/m/0365f3
MathWorld ID
MonstrousMoonshine
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777393599
Quora topic ID
Monstrous-Moonshine

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Instance of 2
theorem, conjecture
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Proved by 1
Richard Borcherds
Studied by 1
group theory
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monstrous moonshine is a theorem[1].

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Richard Borcherds

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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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