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We revisit the SL(5) U-duality manifest action constructed by Berman and Perry in an extended spacetime. Upon choosing a four-dimensional solution to the section condition constraint, the theory reduces to a four-dimensional truncation of eleven-dimensional supergravity. In this paper, we show that the theory contains more than this M-theory reduction. The section condition also admits an SL(5) inequivalent three-dimensional solution, upon which the action directly reduces to a three-dimensional truncation of type IIB supergravity. We also discuss the reduction to IIB∗ supergravity.
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Blair, C.D., Malek, E. & Park, JH. M-theory and type IIB from a duality manifest action. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 172 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2014)172
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