25.01.2012 (Wednesday)

Permutation groups, mock theta functions, and K3 surfaces

Triangular Seminar Jeff Harvey (Chicago U.)

at:
15:30 QMW
room LG1
abstract:

I will review the connection between the elliptic genus of K3 surfaces and the representation theory of the Mathieu group M_{24} and then discuss a proposed extension of this connection that applies to a larger set of groups and Jacobi forms.