Symmetry and the monster : one of the greatest quests of mathematics / / Mark Ronan
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| Autore: |
Ronan Mark
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| Titolo: |
Symmetry and the monster : one of the greatest quests of mathematics / / Mark Ronan
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | vii, 255 p. : ill |
| Disciplina: | 516/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Symmetry (Mathematics) |
| Group theory | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Moonshine |
| Classificazione: | 31.01 |
| 31.21 | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-237) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1: Theaetetus's Icosahedron -- 2: Galois: Death of a Genius -- 3: Irrational Solutions -- 4: Groups -- 5: Sophus Lie -- 6: Lie Groups and Physics -- 7: Going Finite -- 8: After the War -- 9: The Man from Uccle -- 10: The Big Theorem -- 11: Pandora's Box -- 12: The Leech Lattice -- 13: Fischer's Monsters -- 14: The Atlas -- 15: A Monstrous Mystery -- 16: Construction -- 17: Moonshine -- Notes -- Prologue -- Chapter 2: Galois: Death of a Genius -- Chapter 3: Irrational Solutions -- Chapter 4: Groups -- Chapter 5: Sophus Lie -- Chapter 6: Lie Groups and Physics -- Chapter 7: Going Finite -- Chapter 8: After the War -- Chapter 9: The Man from Uccle -- Chapter 10: The Big Theorem -- Chapter 11: Pandora's Box -- Chapter 12: The Leech Lattice -- Chapter 13: Fischer's Monsters -- Chapter 14: The Atlas -- Chapter 15: A Monstrous Mystery -- Chapter 16: Construction -- Chapter 17: Moonshine -- Appendix 1: The Golden Section -- Appendix 2: The Witt Design -- Appendix 3: The Leech Lattice -- Appendix 4: The 26 Exceptions -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 'Monster of Symmetry' is a giant snowflake in 196,884 dimensions - with a beautiful structure which may turn out to unlock the very fabric of our universe. The story of the hunt for the monster, and its eventual discovery, became the biggest joint mathematical project of all time - involving determination, luck, and some very extraordinary characters. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Symmetry and the monster |
| ISBN: | 1-280-76227-6 |
| 0-19-151766-6 | |
| 1-4294-8724-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819571103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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