Why is there a deep mysterious relation between string theory and number theory (Langlands program), elliptic curves, modular functions, the exceptional group E8, and the Monster group as in Monstrous Moonshine?
Surely it's not just a coincidence in the Platonic world of mathematics.
Granted this may not be fully answerable given the current state of knowledge, but are there any hints/plausibility arguments that might illuminate the connections?
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