The sextonions and E7 1/2

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-179

  Landsberg, J M ^a   Manivel, Laurent ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Composition algebra; Exceptional Lie group; Freudenthal's magic chart; Intermediate Lie algebra; Octonion; Quaternion; Sextonion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144484070     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aim.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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