Arne Meurman (born 6 April 1956) is a
Swedish
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mathematician
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Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
On ...
working on
finite groups and
vertex operator algebra
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 usef ...
s. Currently, he is a
professor
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at
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion [monster vertex algebra
The monster vertex algebra (or moonshine module) is a vertex algebra acted on by the monster group that was constructed by Igor Frenkel, James Lepowsky, and Arne Meurman. R. Borcherds used it to prove the monstrous moonshine conjectures, by ap ...]
together with
Igor Frenkel and
James Lepowsky.
He is interested in chess.
Publications
* Igor Frenkel, James Lepowsky, Arne Meurman, "Vertex operator algebras and the Monster". ''Pure and Applied Mathematics, 134.'' Academic Press, Inc., Boston, MA, 1988. liv+508 pp.
* Arne Meurman, Mirko Primc, "Annihilating fields of standard modules of sl (2,C) and combinatorial identities", Memoirs AMS 1999
References
External links
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Homepage
1956 births
Living people
People connected to Lund University
20th-century Swedish mathematicians
21st-century Swedish mathematicians
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