Moonshine paths for 3A and 6A nodes of the extended E₈-diagram.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2012.12.019MaRDI QIDQ376020zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert L. jun. Griess, Ching Hung Lam

Publication date 1 November 2013

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.6017, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021869313000082

zbMATH Keywords

integral latticesLeech latticeMonstervertex operator algebrasWeyl groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relationship to Lie algebras and finite simple groups (11F22) Automorphism groups of lattices (11H56) Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69) Simple groups: sporadic groups (20D08)

Abstract: We continue the program to make a moonshine path between a node of the extended $E_8$-diagram and the Monster. Our theory is a concrete model expressing some of the mysterious connections identified by John McKay, George Glauberman and Simon Norton. In this article, we treat the 3A and 6A-nodes. We determine the orbits of triples $(x,y,z)$ in the Monster where $zin2B$, $x,yin2AcapC(z)$ and $xyin3Acup6A$. Such $x,y$ correspond to a rootless $E{E}_8$-pair in the Leech lattice. For the 3A and 6A cases, we shall say something about the "half Weyl groups", which are proposed in the Glauberman-Norton theory. Most work in this article is with lattices, due to their connection with dihedral subgroups of the Monster. These lattices are $M+N$, where $M,N$ is the relevant pair of $E{E}_8$-sublattices, and their annihilators in the Leech lattice. The isometry groups of these four lattices are analyzed.

Review text

The product \(xy\) of any two \(2A\) elements \(x,y\) of the Monster belongs to one of the nine conjugacy classes \(1A\), \(2A\), \(3A\), \(4A\), \(5A\), \(6A\), \(4B\), \(2B\), or \(3C\), which correspond to the nine nodes of the extended \(E_8\)-diagram. This property of the \(2A\) elements of the Monster was first observed by John McKay. Later, \textit{G. Glauberman} and \textit{S. P. Norton} [in: Proceedings on Moonshine and related topics. CRM Proc. Lect. Notes. 30, 37-42 (2001; Zbl 0999.20011)] added a \(2B\) element \(z\) commuting with \(x\) and \(y\) and noticed that the quotient group of the centralizer of \(x,y,z\) in the Monster by \(O_2\) looks like half the Weyl group of the root systems obtained by removing the corresponding node from the extended \(E_8\)-diagram.NEWLINENEWLINE Let \(x,y\) be \(2A\) elements and \(z\) a \(2B\) element such that \(z\) commutes with \(x\) and \(y\). In [J. Pure Appl. Algebra 215, No. 5, 927-948 (2011; Zbl 1213.17028); J. Algebra 331, No. 1, 338-361 (2011; Zbl 1283.20009)] the authors discussed the cases where \(xy\) belongs to \(3C\) and \(5A\). In the paper under review the \(3A\) and \(6A\) cases are studied. In the \(3A\) case, it is shown that the triples \((x,y,z)\) are conjugate to each other in the Monster and the quotient group of the centralizer of \(x,y,z\) by \(O_2\) looks like half the Weyl group of type \(A_2+E_6\). In the \(6A\) case, the set of triples \((x,y,z)\) is divided into two conjugacy classes. It turns out that the quotient group of the centralizer of \(x,y,z\) by \(O_2\) does not look like half the Weyl group of type \(A_5+A_2+A_1\).

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