Modular Miracles (Q3146544)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1799953
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1799953 |
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12 September 2002
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quintic equation
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moonshine
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modular function
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quadratic fields
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Modular Miracles (English)
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The spectacular and unexpected appearance of modular forms in the ``Moonshine'' of the Monster simple group and in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem gives the motivation for the present introductory historical note on ``modular miracles''. Topics covered are the modular function \(j\), its application to the solution of the general quintic (Hermite), its relation with quadratic fields (Kronecker), the numerical miracle \(\exp(\pi \sqrt{163})\) (Hermite), and the origin of Moonshine (McKay).
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