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The geometry of grand unification

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  • Papers Presented at the Second New Orleans Conference of Quantum Theory and Gravitation, Loyola University, New Orleans, May, 1983
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Abstract

Arguments are presented which lead to the conclusion thatSU(3, 2) is the grand unification gauge group (GUGG). The gauge theory includes all known forces. We incorporated supersymmetry within the framework of the gauge theory and show how the theory may be quantized.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston, 29424, Charleston, South Carolina

    Thomas R. Love

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Love, T.R. The geometry of grand unification. Int J Theor Phys 23, 801–815 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02214067

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