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  2. Vertex operator algebra - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a vertex operator algebra (VOA) is an algebraic structure that plays an important role in two-dimensional conformal field theory and string theory.In addition to physical applications, vertex operator algebras have proven useful in purely mathematical contexts such as monstrous moonshine and the geometric Langlands correspondence.

  3. Lattice (group) - Wikipedia

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    In geometry and group theory, a lattice in the real coordinate space is an infinite set of points in this space with the properties that coordinate-wise addition or subtraction of two points in the lattice produces another lattice point, that the lattice points are all separated by some minimum distance, and that every point in the space is within some maximum distance of a lattice point.

  4. Lattice (order) - Wikipedia

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    A lattice is an abstract structure studied in the mathematical subdisciplines of order theory and abstract algebra.It consists of a partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum (also called a least upper bound or join) and a unique infimum (also called a greatest lower bound or meet).

  5. Monstrous moonshine - Wikipedia

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    The construction of a lattice vertex operator algebra V L for an even lattice L of rank n. In physical terms, this is the chiral algebra for a bosonic string compactified on a torus R n / L . It can be described roughly as the tensor product of the group ring of L with the oscillator representation in n dimensions (which is itself isomorphic to ...

  6. Join and meet - Wikipedia

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    A partially ordered set that is both a join-semilattice and a meet-semilattice is a lattice. A lattice in which every subset, not just every pair, possesses a meet and a join is a complete lattice. It is also possible to define a partial lattice, in which not all pairs have a meet or join but the operations (when defined) satisfy certain axioms ...

  7. Root system - Wikipedia

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    The A n root lattice – that is, the lattice generated by the A n roots – is most easily described as the set of integer vectors in R n+1 whose components sum to zero. The A 2 root lattice is the vertex arrangement of the triangular tiling. The A 3 root lattice is known to crystallographers as the face-centered cubic (or cubic close packed ...

  8. Lattice (module) - Wikipedia

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    Lattice (group), for the case where M is a Z-module embedded in a vector space V over the field of real numbers R, and the Euclidean metric is used to describe the lattice structure References [ edit ]

  9. Algebraic structure - Wikipedia

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    The quotient algebra T/E is then the algebraic structure or variety. Thus, for example, groups have a signature containing two operators: the multiplication operator m, taking two arguments, and the inverse operator i, taking one argument, and the identity element e, a constant