The moonshine anomaly cohomology conjecture

Let M\mathbb M denote the Monster group, and let H3(M,U(1))H^3(\mathbb M,\mathrm U(1)) be its third cohomology group with coefficients in U(1)\mathrm U(1). Moonshine anomaly cohomology conjecture. There is an isomorphism

H3(M,U(1))Z24.H^3(\mathbb M,\mathrm U(1))\cong\mathbb Z_{24}.

This is proposed as an analogue of the theorem identifying H3(Co0,U(1))H^3(\mathrm{Co}_0,\mathrm U(1)) with Z24\mathbb Z_{24}. The authors explicitly provide little evidence for it, and the source gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Theo Johnson-Freyd, “The Moonshine Anomaly”, arXiv:1707.08388 (2018).

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