MATH Seminar

Title: Umbral Moonshine
Colloquium: Number Theory
Speaker: John Duncan of Case Western Reserve University
Contact: David Borthwick, davidb@mathcs.emory.edu
Date: 2015-02-03 at 4:00PM
Venue: MSC W303
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Abstract: Umbral moonshine is a new and rapidly developing field at the intersection of number theory, group theory and mathematical physics. I will introduce the subject, describe its main challenges, and present some recent progress, including joint work with Michael Griffin and Ken Ono.