Monster Group – 196,883 dimensions – “The Voice of God”

Math Online Tom Circle

Monster Group (code name “Moonshine”) is the largest group, discovered by two Cambridge Mathematicians John Conway and Simon Norton.

Monster Group – (1)

Monster Group (2):

John Conway: Life, Death and the Monster (3)

Ref:
1. Simon Norton (1952 -) – an eccentric mathematician who collects all British Railway Train Time Tables.
http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/EXPNOS/BIBENQ?ENTRY=The%20genius%20in%20my%20basement&ENTRY_NAME=BS&ENTRY_TYPE=K&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC%5DHBT.SOVR

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2.
Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician’s Journey Through Symmetry by Marcus Du Sautoy

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http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/EXPNOS/BIBENQ/6345422/5640834,2

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