18.745 | Fall 2020 | Graduate

Lie Groups and Lie Algebras I

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A complicated image with 240 vectors in an 8-dimensional space.
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The E8 root system consists of 240 vectors in an 8-dimensional space. Those vectors are the vertices (corners) of an 8-dimensional object called the Gosset polytope 421. (Image courtesy of John Stembridge, University of Michigan. Used with permission.)
A complicated image with 240 vectors in an 8-dimensional space.

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