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Finding links between the Standard Model of particle physics and the octonions

by knv on 7/31/18, 8:57 AM with 4 comments

  • by _Microft on 8/1/18, 12:22 PM

    The original article at Quanta Magazine has been discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17575585

  • by tranchms on 8/1/18, 12:25 PM

    I highly recommend you watch her thesis on YouTube:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBTUVg91bao

    You don’t have to be a math wiz to appreciate the octonion model and it’s implications for fundamental particle physics.

    It really is a beautiful insight of profound proportions.

  • by beautifulfreak on 8/1/18, 12:48 PM

    There are higher dimensional algebras, too. We have: 4-dimensional quaternions, 8-dimensional octonions, 16-dimensional sedenions, 32-dimensional trigintaduonions, 64-dimensional sexagintaquattuornions, 128-dimensional centumduodetrigintanions, 256-dimensional ducentiquinquagintasexions

    Who knows, maybe reality is explained by even higher dimensional systems. The 32 dimensional algebra ends with "onion," so that's my pick.

  • by okket on 8/1/18, 12:22 PM

    Discussion about octonions from 12 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17575585 (186 comments)