monstrous moonshine

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What does monstrous moonshine mean?

The unexpected connection between the Monster group and modular functions, now known to relate to a certain conformal field theory having the Monster group as symmetries.

Where does monstrous moonshine come from?

Coined by John Conway and Simon P. Norton in 1979.

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