"monstrous moonshine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Coined by John Conway and Simon P. Norton in 1979. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} monstrous moonshine (uncountable)
  1. (mathematics) The unexpected connection between the Monster group and modular functions, now known to relate to a certain conformal field theory having the Monster group as symmetries. Wikipedia link: monstrous moonshine Tags: uncountable Coordinate_terms: Mathieu moonshine, umbral moonshine
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