Fricke Lie algebras and the genus zero property in Moonshine

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA781DzbMATH Open1376.81057arXiv1701.07846OpenAlexW2583602454MaRDI QIDQ4589366FDOQ4589366

Scott Carnahan

Publication date: 10 November 2017

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a new, simpler proof that the canonical actions of finite groups on Fricke-type Monstrous Lie algebras yield genus zero functions in Generalized Monstrous Moonshine, using a Borcherds-Kac-Moody Lie algebra decomposition due to Jurisich. We describe a compatibility condition, arising from the no-ghost theorem in bosonic string theory, that yields the genus zero property. We give evidence for and against the conjecture that such a compatibility for symmetries of the Monster Lie algebra gives a characterization of the Monster group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.07846

zbMATH Keywords

vertex operator algebramonstrous moonshineHauptmodulBorcherds-Kac-Moody Lie algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relationship to Lie algebras and finite simple groups (11F22) Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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