An introduction to group theory (Minor error corrections below)
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Timestamps:
0:00 The size of the monster
0:50 What is a group?
7:06 What is an abstract group?
13:27 Classifying groups
18:31 About the monster

Errors:
*Typo on the "hard problem" at 14:11, it should be a/(b+c) + b/(a+c) + c/(a+b) = 4
*Typoturnedspeako: The classification of quasithin groups is 1221 pages long, not 12,000. The full collection of papers proving the CFSG theorem do comprise tens of thousands of pages, but no one paper was quite that crazy.



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You may also enjoy this brief article giving an overview of this monster:
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If you want to learn more about group theory, check out the expository papers here:
https://kconrad.math.uconn.edu/blurbs/

Videos with John Conway talking about the Monster:
   • Monster Group (John Conway)  Numberp...  
   • The Monster Group  John Conway  

More on Noether's Theorem:
   • The most beautiful idea in physics  ...  
   • Noether's Theorem and The Symmetries ...  

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