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Kac-Moody Algebras in M-theory

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Kac-Moody Algebras in M-theory
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Publisher: arXiv.org
Number of pages: 232

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Contents: A First Approach; General Framework; Homogeneous Cosmologies; Oxidation; Hyperbolic Algebras; General Framework; Dirac Fermions; Eleven Dimensional Supergravity; Dualities and Signatures of G++ Invariant Theories; etc.

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