Monster Groups and Other Sporadic Groups
Jill Horsfield (jbhorse@purdue.edu) Colin Mills (cwmills@purdue.edu) Andy Nelson (nelson70@purdue.edu)
1. What is a monster group?
-Definition -Background: Who are Bernd Fischer and Robert Griess? -When and how did they reach this discovery?
2. Are there subgroups?
-What is the subgroup structure? -What are its primes and supersingular primes? -What is a baby monster group? -How does existence and uniqueness relate?
3. How does the Moonshine Theory relate to Monster Groups?