Arne Meurman
Encyclopedia
Arne Meurman is a Swedish
mathematician
working on finite group
s and vertex operator algebra
s. Currently he is a professor
at Lund University
.
He is best known for constructing the monster vertex algebra
together with Igor Frenkel
and James Lepowsky
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
working on finite group
Finite group
In mathematics and abstract algebra, a finite group is a group whose underlying set G has finitely many elements. During the twentieth century, mathematicians investigated certain aspects of the theory of finite groups in great depth, especially the local theory of finite groups, and the theory of...
s and vertex operator algebra
Vertex operator algebra
In mathematics, a vertex operator algebra is an algebraic structure that plays an important role in conformal field theory and related areas of physics...
s. Currently he is a professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
at Lund University
Lund University
Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...
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He is best known for constructing the monster vertex algebra
Monster vertex algebra
The monster vertex algebra is a vertex algebra acted on by the monster group that was constructed by Igor Frenkel, James Lepowsky, and Arne Meurman. R...
together with Igor Frenkel
Igor Frenkel
Igor Borisovich Frenkel is a mathematician at Yale University working in representation theory and mathematical physics.-Biography:...
and James Lepowsky
James Lepowsky
James Lepowsky is a professor of mathematics at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Previously he taught at Yale University. He received his Ph.D from M.I.T. in 1970 where his advisor was Bertram Kostant. Lepowsky graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1961, 16 years after Kostant...
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