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umbral moonshine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
um-bral -moon-shine
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mysterious connection between Niemeier lattices and Ramanujan's mock theta functions; a generalization of the Mathieu moonshine phenomenon connecting representations of the Mathieu group M24 with K3 surfaces.

Uncountable

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

Mathieu moonshine monstrous moonshine

Questions

What does umbral moonshine mean?
A mysterious connection between Niemeier lattices and Ramanujan's mock theta functions; a generalization of the Mathieu moonshine phenomenon connecting representations of the Mathieu group M24 with K3 surfaces.

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