A geometric construction of the exceptional Lie algebras F4 and E8
Differential Geometry
2014-11-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Representation Theory
Abstract
We present a geometric construction of the exceptional Lie algebras F4 and E8 starting from the round 8- and 15-spheres, respectively, inspired by the construction of the Killing superalgebra of a supersymmetric supergravity background. (There is no supergravity in the paper.)
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@article{arxiv.0706.2829,
title = {A geometric construction of the exceptional Lie algebras F4 and E8},
author = {José Figueroa-O'Farrill},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.2829},
year = {2014}
}
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12 pages