User john mac - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-24T09:13:33Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/user/783 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/879/most-interesting-mathematics-mistake/1330#1330 Answer by John mac for Most interesting mathematics mistake? John mac 2009-10-20T00:56:59Z 2009-10-20T00:56:59Z <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#1328 Answer by John mac for Mystery of the Monstrous Moonshine John mac 2009-10-20T00:48:45Z 2009-10-20T00:48:45Z <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>