Twisted chiral three-dimensional quantum gravity conjecture for Monster elements

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Let M\mathbb M be the Monster, let g∈Mg\in\mathbb M, let Γg\Gamma_g be the associated group, and let Γ∞\Gamma_{\infty} denote the cusp subgroup. Let TΓ(1)T_{\Gamma}^{(1)} be the normalized Rademacher sum, and let V♮V^{\natural} and Vg♮V^{\natural}_g denote the moonshine vertex operator algebra and its simple gg-twisted module. Twisted chiral quantum-gravity conjecture. There exists a family of twisted chiral three-dimensional quantum gravities at central charge c=24c=24, indexed by g∈Mg\in\mathbb M, whose partition functions are naturally given by sums over geometries parameterized by Γ∞\Γg\Gamma_{\infty}\backslash\Gamma_g and coincide with

TΓ(1)(−1/z),Γ=Γg.T_{\Gamma}^{(1)}(-1/z),\qquad \Gamma=\Gamma_g.

The untwisted member has a VOA structure isomorphic to V♮V^{\natural}, and the member corresponding to gg has a gg-twisted V♮V^{\natural}-module structure isomorphic to that of Vg♮V^{\natural}_g. This connects monstrous moonshine and three-dimensional quantum gravity; the source presents the claim as its first conjecture, with no resolution supplied.

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John F. R. Duncan and Igor B. Frenkel, “Rademacher sums, moonshine and gravity”, arXiv:0907.4529 (2012).

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