A paper by Garrett Lisi that John Beaz will enjoy

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Edward C. Jones - 16 Nov 2007 13:14 GMT

"An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything" by A. Garrett Lisi.
http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0770

He uses the Lie Algebra E8.

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Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply - 18 Nov 2007 14:46 GMT

In article <aeadnSDbTupug6DanZ2dnUVZ_rSrnZ2d@comcast.com>, "Edward C.
Jones" <edcjones@comcast.net> writes:

> "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything" by A. Garrett Lisi.
> http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0770
>
> He uses the Lie Algebra E8.

> Subject: A paper by Garrett Lisi that John Beaz will enjoy

Indeed. John mentioned him in This Week's Finds a while back (and from
Lisi's website, it appears that appearing in This Week's Finds was
almost as exciting for Lisi as developing the TOE) and John is mentioned
in the acknowledgements of the paper.

The relationship between E8 and physics is not new. However, Lisi might
have taken things farther than anyone else.

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Bryan Bishop - 20 Nov 2007 07:06 GMT

> "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything" by A. Garrett Lisi.http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0770

I remember noticing a Tegmark reference at the end of the paper. This,
along with the Baez mention, is all that I can relate to as of yet. It
would be great if any of the gurus could list off some more
publications to read, in the hopes of maybe one day understanding the
mathematics.

- Bryan
http://heybryan.org/

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Natural Science Forum / Physics / Research / November 2007

A paper by Garrett Lisi that John Beaz will enjoy