Finding links between the Standard Model of particle physics and the octonions
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Re: Finding links between the Standard Model of particle physics and the octonions
#2The original article at Quanta Magazine has been discussed here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17575585
Re: Finding links between the Standard Model of particle physics and the octonions
#3Discussion about octonions from 12 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17575585 (186 comments)
Re: Finding links between the Standard Model of particle physics and the octonions
#4I 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.
Re: Finding links between the Standard Model of particle physics and the octonions
#5There 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.