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E_{10} for beginners

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

We present a nontechnical introduction to the hyperbolic Kac Moody algebra E_{10} and summarize our recent attempt to understand the root spaces of Kac Moody algebras of hyperbolic type in terms of a DDF construction appropriate to a subcritical compactified bosonic string.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/9411188,
  title  = {E_{10} for beginners},
  author = {R. W. Gebert and H. Nicolai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9411188},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

LATEX, 11 pages, no figures, Contribution to Guersey Memorial Conference Proceedings '94