Abstract
Modifying a proposal by Harari and Shupe, we associate with each lepton, quark,and gauge boson a fundamental 4-vector with entries ±1 or 0. A Feynman vertexcorresponds to the addition of two fundamental vectors giving rise to a third.
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Lambek, J. Four-Vector Representation of Fundamental Particles. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 39, 2253–2258 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003764015036
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003764015036