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Notes on the K3 Surface and the Mathieu Group<i>M</i><sub>24</sub>

Notes on the K3 Surface and the Mathieu Group<i>M</i><sub>24</sub>

We point out that the elliptic genus of the K3 surface has a natural decomposition in terms of dimensions of irreducible representations of the largest Mathieu group M_24. The reason is yet a mystery.