A moonshine dialogue in mathematical physics
Michel Planat (FEMTO-ST)

TL;DR
This paper explores the deep connections between mathematics and physics through a dialogue that covers topics like moonshine theory, dessins d'enfants, and the Baby Monster group, highlighting their significance in quantum physics.
Contribution
It introduces a novel conceptual dialogue linking moonshine phenomena, group theory, and quantum physics, proposing new perspectives on their interrelations.
Findings
Relation of moonshine concepts to quantum world
Hyperbolic polygons reveal cusp structures
Proposed link between Bell's theorem and Baby Monster group
Abstract
Phys and Math are two colleagues at the University of Sa{\c c}enbon (Crefan Kingdom), dialoguing about the remarkable efficiency of mathematics for physics. They talk about the notches on the Ishango bone, the various uses of psi in maths and physics, they arrive at dessins d'enfants, moonshine concepts, Rademacher sums and their significance in the quantum world. You should not miss their eccentric proposal of relating Bell's theorem to the Baby Monster group. Their hyperbolic polygons show a considerable singularity/cusp structure that our modern age of computers is able to capture. Henri Poincar{\'e} would have been happy to see it.
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