Monstrous Moonshine: The first twenty-five years
Abstract
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Twenty-five years ago, Conway and Norton published their remarkable paper `Monstrous Moonshine', proposing a completely unexpected relationship between finite simple groups and modular functions. This paper reviews the progress made in broadening and understanding that relationship.
33 pages. 10 references added; minor changes to text
33 pages. 10 references added; minor changes to text