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The M-algebra completes the hierarchy of Super-Exceptional Tangent Spaces

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-12-19 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

The conjectured symmetries of M-theory famously involve (1.) brane-extended super-symmetry (the M-algebra) and (2.) exceptional duality-symmetry (the e11\mathfrak{e}_{11}-algebra); but little attention has been given to their inevitable combination. In this little note, we highlight (by combining results available in the literature) that the locallocal exceptional duality-symmetry (the hyperbolic involutory k1,10e11\mathfrak{k}_{1,10} \subset \mathfrak{e}_{11}) acts on the M-algebra, through the "brane-rotating symmetry" sl32\mathfrak{sl}_{32}, in a way which extends the known hierarchy of finite-dimensional nn-exceptional tangent spaces compatibly beyond the traditional bound of n7n \leq 7 all the way to n=11n = 11.

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@article{arxiv.2411.03661,
  title  = {The M-algebra completes the hierarchy of Super-Exceptional Tangent Spaces},
  author = {Grigorios Giotopoulos and Hisham Sati and Urs Schreiber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.03661},
  year   = {2024}
}

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13 pages; v2: published version