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SUMMARY:Exploring Moonshine in String Theory - Miranda Cheng (Paris 7)
DTSTART:20131113T141500Z
DTEND:20131113T151500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Joan Camps
DESCRIPTION:The term "moonshine" was introduced in the 70's to describe a 
 mysterious relation between automorphic functions and representations of f
 inite groups\, two distinct and fundamental concepts in mathematics. Recen
 tly\, a novel type of moonshine phenomenon\, named "umbral moonshine"\, wa
 s discovered. Evidence suggests that umbral moonshine enjoys a close conne
 ction to string theory compactified on K3 surfaces. In this talk I will re
 port on the progress of this moonshine exploration from a string theoretic
  perspective. 
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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