Vertex operators and sporadic groups

zbMATH Open1239.17022arXiv0811.1306MaRDI QIDQ3062097FDOQ3062097

Authors: John F. R. Duncan 

Publication date: 3 January 2011

Abstract: In the 1980's, the work of Frenkel, Lepowsky and Meurman, along with that of Borcherds, culminated in the notion of vertex operator algebra, and an example whose full symmetry group is the largest sporadic simple group: the Monster. Thus it was shown that the vertex operators of mathematical physics play a role in finite group theory. In this article we describe an extension of this phenomenon by introducing the notion of enhanced vertex operator algebra, and constructing examples that realize other sporadic simple groups, including one that is not involved in the Monster.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1306

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zbMATH Keywords

sporadic simple groupsuper vertex operator algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69) Simple groups: sporadic groups (20D08)

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• Supersymmetry and the Suzuki chain

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