The goal of this seminar is to understand the famous McKay equation $$196884 = 196883 + 1\,. $$ The left-hand side is the first non-trivial coefficient of the modular invariant \(j\)-function. On the right hand-side are the dimensions of the smallest irreducible representations of the largest sporadic simple group, the Monster group \(\mathbb{M}\).
All necessary information can be found here.
Talks will take place Friday 12:00 - 14:00 (CET) via Zoom. If you are interested in participating, please send a mail to the organizer (buelles(at)math.ethz.ch) to receive the Zoom ID and password.
| Talk | Speaker | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Modular forms | Adrian Spiess | 05 March |
| Lattices I | Ruilong Wäckerlin | 12 March |
| Lattices II | Lukas Oestmann | 19 March |
| Group Theory | Julian Huber, Nadja Häusermann | 26 March |
| Lie Theory I | Reto Kaufmann | 16 April |
| Lie Theory II | Silvio Barandun | 23 April |
| Classification of simple groups | Gaspard Mudry | 30 April |
| The Monster group | Nico Ehrler | 07 May |
| Vertex Operator Algebras I | Ole Spjeldnæs | 14 May |
| Vertex Operator Algebras II | Lukas Bertsch | 21 May |
| Vertex Operator Algebras III | Leon Staresinic | 28 May |
| The Monster VOA | Malcolm Cameron | 04 June |