Mathematical Physics Seminar
Monday 07.XII.2009
Time: 16:00-17:00
Room: 0089
Instytut Matematyki, ul. Łojasiewicza 6, 30-348 Kraków
Marc Henneaux
(Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebras, Borcherds superalgebras and maximal
supergravity
Abstract:
There has been intriguing evidence recently that infinite-dimensional (super)algebras
of Kac-Moody or Borcherds type should play a central role in a more fundamental
description of the gravitational force. After an explanation of what these algebraic
structures are, the talk will review a sample of their most striking applications to
maximal supergravity.
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