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Monster Group Construction

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MATH-680: Monstrous moonshine

The monstrous moonshine is an unexpected connection between the Monster group and modular functions. In the course we will explain the statement of the conjecture and study the main ideas and concepts leading to its proof. Our final goal is to study Borc ...

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This lecture covers the construction of the Fischer-Greiss monster group, focusing on the simple steps involved in creating this unique mathematical structure. The instructor explains the process of building the group and highlights its key properties, such as its size and dimension. Various concepts related to group theory and algebra are discussed, providing a comprehensive overview of the construction of this intriguing mathematical object.

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Maryna Viazovska

Maryna Viazovska did her bachelor studies at the Kyiv National Taras ShevchenkoUniversity and completed her MSc at the Technical University Kaiserslautern.She obtained her PhD in 2013 in Bonn.She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiquesand at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and in 2017 was a Minerva DistinguishedVisitor at Princeton University. She joined EPFL in 2017 as Tenure-Track AssistantProfessor and was promoted Full Professor in 2018.

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