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2011 Notes on the K3 Surface and the Mathieu Group M24
Tohru Eguchi, Hirosi Ooguri, Yuji Tachikawa
Experiment. Math. 20(1): 91-96 (2011).

Abstract

We point out that the elliptic genus of the K3 surface has a natural decomposition in terms of dimensions of irreducible representations of the largest Mathieu group $M_{24}$. The reason remains a mystery.

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Tohru Eguchi. Hirosi Ooguri. Yuji Tachikawa. "Notes on the K3 Surface and the Mathieu Group M24." Experiment. Math. 20 (1) 91 - 96, 2011.

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Published: 2011
First available in Project Euclid: 6 October 2011

zbMATH: 1266.58008
MathSciNet: MR2802725

Subjects:
Primary: 14J28 , 20D08 , 58J26

Keywords: Elliptic genus , K3 surface , Mathieu groups

Rights: Copyright © 2011 A K Peters, Ltd.

Vol.20 • No. 1 • 2011
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