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CATEGORIES:Seminar
DESCRIPTION:General Physics Colloquium and Cooper Lecture\, Dr. Natalie Paq
 uette\, Caltech\n\nRefreshments from 3:30-3:50 pm\n\nTitle:  String Theoret
 ic Illuminations of Moonshine\n\nHost:  Tom Hartman\n\nAbstract: Many of th
 e rich interactions between mathematics and physics arise using general mat
 hematical frameworks that describe a host of physical phenomena: from diffe
 rential equations\, to algebra\, to topology and geometry. On the other han
 d\, mathematics also possesses many examples of "exceptional objects": they
  constitute the finite set of leftovers that appear in numerous classificat
 ion problems. For example\, groups of symmetries in three dimensions appear
  in two infinite families (cyclic groups and dihedral groups of n-sided pol
 ygons) and the symmetry groups of the five Platonic solids--- the 'exceptio
 nal' structures. \n\n\nThe mathematical subject of moonshine refers to surp
 rising relationships between other kinds of special/exceptional objects tha
 t arise from the theory of finite groups and from number theory. Increasing
 ly\, string theory has been a source of insights in and explanations for mo
 onshine. It is even the source of new examples of moonshine that further im
 plicate special objects in geometry. We will review moonshine\, survey thes
 e developments\, and highlight some of the (many!) exciting mysteries that 
 remain.
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LOCATION:Rockefeller Hall\, Schwartz Auditorium
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SUMMARY:Department of Physics Colloquium - Cooper Lecture
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URL:https://events.cornell.edu/event/department_of_physics_colloquium_-_coo
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