Kac-Moody Algebras in M-theory
by Sophie de Buyl
Publisher: arXiv.org 2006
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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