"Finding Moonshine: a mathematician's journey through symmetry" is a new book by the author of The Music of the Primes. In twelve chapters, one for each month of his working year, Marcus du Sautoy explores the nature of symmetry and gives an unparalleled insight into the working life of a mathematician.
Saturday 8 November 2008
Einstein, Plato...and you?
To coincide with an article I wrote about my project to name groups for charity, the Daily Telegraph made a donation so that 10 of its readers could have a symmetrical object named after them. Here are the lucky winners:
The Mario Saltao Group Set [C[1], C[2], C[3], C[4]]=[5,0,8,1937] Corresponds to an elliptic curve of conductor 477231270919. Won by Filomena Saltao.
The Julie T Baxter Group Set [C[1], C[2], C[3], C[4]]=[0,0,0,1956] Corresponds to an elliptic curve of conductor 7651872. Won by Keith Baxter.
The David W Beaumont Group Set [C[1], C[2], C[3], C[4]]=[5,10,19,38] Corresponds to an elliptic curve of conductor 34390.
The Shana Vijayan Group Set [C[1], C[2], C[3], C[4]]=[20,0,6,1977] Corresponds to an elliptic curve of conductor 4552076208.
The Philothei-Hope Group Set [C[1], C[2], C[3], C[4]]=[0,0,0,2006] Corresponds to an elliptic curve of conductor 257538304. 'In memory of pure love, never forgotten'. Won by Bob Fish.
The MacArthur Group Set [C[1], C[2], C[3], C[4]]=[28,0,3,1940] Corresponds to an elliptic curve of conductor 1915435348277. Won by Malcolm MacArthur.
The Sarah Mary Alice and Lucy Group, sometimes known as the SMAL Group. Set [C[1], C[2], C[3], C[4]]=[20,0,6,1946] Corresponds to an elliptic curve of conductor 63583921192. Won by Philip Charles Gager. His a PhD from Warwick under Roger Carter in group theory should help him explain the group to his daughters who he chose to name the group after.
The Richber Group Set [C[1], C[2], C[3], C[4]]=[25,6,4,9] Corresponds to an elliptic curve of conductor 1044055. Won by Beryl Abraham. "I have been going round and round in circles
trying to decide the name of the symmetrical object. I have finally landed upon "The Richber Group" from my husband's
name and mine."
If you would like to see the original article then click here: Einstein, Plato...and you?