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Symmetry and the Monster

Thursday 1 May 2008 23:00-23:15 (Radio 3)

Series exploring the quest to understand one of most famous mathematical problems.

Duration:

15 minutes

Playlist:

4/4. Professor Mark Ronan explains how in 1973 Bernd Fischer discovered a structure of 196,883 dimensions, otherwise known as the Monster. Thus symmetry had come together with the concept of string theory, enabling a much greater understanding of the construction of the universe.




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