Connection between number theory, algebra and string theory

[audire]

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150312-mathematicians-chase-moonshines-shadow/

Sorry for the long title but ST = string theory.

Just thought it was interesting news personally since string theory has been elusively hard to prove or observe(at least the particles it claims to predict, notably the graviton) even with the Large Hadron Collider, at least from my understanding.

 

[jedishrfu]

This was a pretty cool connection.

 

[audire]

I saw it on one of the science websites i frequent... maybe /r science or sciencenewsdaily.. guess it has no application outside of just being an interesting link between the 3?