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umbral moonshine

umbral moonshine noun: a mysterious connection between Niemeier lattices and Ramanujan's mock theta functions; a generalization of the Mathieu moonshine phenomenon connecting representations of the Mathieu group M24 with K3 surfaces.

Noun

umbral moonshine (uncountable)

  1. A mysterious connection between Niemeier lattices and Ramanujan's mock theta functions; a generalization of the Mathieu moonshine phenomenon connecting representations of the Mathieu group M24 with K3 surfaces.

Questions about umbral moonshine

What does umbral moonshine mean?
Umbral moonshine means a mysterious connection between Niemeier lattices and Ramanujan's mock theta functions; a generalization of the Mathieu moonshine phenomenon connecting representations of the Mathieu group M24 with K3 surfaces.
What part of speech is umbral moonshine?
Umbral moonshine is a noun.

Words near umbral moonshine in the dictionary

  1. umbraided
  2. umbraiding
  3. umbraids
  4. umbral
  5. umbral calculus
  6. umbral moonshine
  7. umbralisib
  8. umbrally
  9. umbramancy
  10. umbraphile
  11. umbraphiles

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