Tracks, Lie's, and Exceptional Magic

  • Predrag Cvitanović
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Abstract

Sometimes a solution to a mathematical problem is so beautiful that it can impede further progress for a whole century. So is the case with the Killing- Cartan classification of semi-simple Lie algebras [Killing 1888; Cartan 1952]. It is elegant, it is beautiful, and it says that the 3 classical families and 5 exceptional algebras are all there is, but what does that mean?

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Feynman Diagram Invariance Condition Invariance Group Invariant Tensor Diophantine Condition 
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  • Predrag Cvitanović
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  1. 1.School of PhysicsGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUSA

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