User john mac - MathOverflowmost recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net2013-05-24T09:13:33Zhttp://mathoverflow.net/feeds/user/783http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdfhttp://mathoverflow.net/questions/879/most-interesting-mathematics-mistake/1330#1330Answer by John mac for Most interesting mathematics mistake?John mac2009-10-20T00:56:59Z2009-10-20T00:56:59Z<p>Perhaps not under this heading but I enjoy reading in Marshall Hall Group Theory book:</p>
<p>"Let p be any old prime."</p>
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1247/mystery-of-the-monstrous-moonshine/1328#1328Answer by John mac for Mystery of the Monstrous MoonshineJohn mac2009-10-20T00:48:45Z2009-10-20T00:48:45Z<p>Scott has given us the group-theoretic connection involving GZ(p)+. There is a number-
theoretic connection too.</p>
<p>Are not the monstrous primes just those for which all elliptic curves in char p have no
p-torsion? </p>
<p>See also the Math Review of the papeer by Cord Erdenberger .. On the Kodaira dimension...</p>