The monster Lie algebra

DOI10.1016/0001-8708(90)90067-WzbMath0734.17010WikidataQ115368871 ScholiaQ115368871MaRDI QIDQ810625

Richard E. Borcherds

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

sporadic simple groups; multiplicities; simple roots; root lattice; generalized Kac-Moody algebra; Lorentzian lattice; monster Lie algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20D08: Simple groups: sporadic groups

17B67: Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras

17B65: Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras

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