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Integral Octonions, Octonion XY-Product, and the Leech Lattice

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-12 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

The integral octonions arise from the octonion XY-product. A parallel is shown to exist with the quaternion Z-product. Connections to the laminated lattices, Λ4\Lambda_{4}, Λ8\Lambda_{8}, Λ16\Lambda_{16} and Λ24\Lambda_{24} (Leech), are developed.

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@article{arxiv.1011.2541,
  title  = {Integral Octonions, Octonion XY-Product, and the Leech Lattice},
  author = {Geoffrey Dixon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.2541},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Much of this work was presented at an AMS conference at Notre Dame in November 2010