"monstrous moonshine" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Categories (topical): Mathematics Coordinate_terms: Mathieu moonshine, umbral moonshine
    Sense id: en-monstrous_moonshine-en-noun-i3q26YOM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences

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