2001/12/31 by Pierre Ramond, Ramond, Pierre
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0112261
29 pages, Latex. Contribution to Francqui Foundation Meeting in the honor of Marc Henneaux, October 2001, Brussels
arxiv created 2001/12/31 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Nature's attraction to unique mathematical structures provides powerful hints for unraveling her mysteries. None is at present as intriguing as eleven-dimensional M-theory. The search for exceptional structures specific to eleven dimensions leads us to exceptional groups in the description of space-time. One specific connection, through the coset F4/SO(9), may provide a generalization of eleven-dimensional supergravity. Since this coset happens to be the projective space of the Exceptional Jordan Algebra, its charge space may be linked to the fundamental degrees of freedom underlying M-theory.