En (Lie Algebra) - Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras

Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras

E₉ is another name for the infinite dimensional affine Lie algebra (also as E₈+ or E₈(1) as a (one-node) extended E₈) (or E8 lattice) corresponding to the Lie algebra of type E₈. E₉ has a Cartan matrix with determinant 0.

$\left [ \begin{smallmatrix} 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ -1 & 2 & -1& 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 2 \end{smallmatrix}\right ]$
E₁₀ (or E₈++ or E₈(1)^ as a (two-node) over-extended E₈) is an infinite dimensional Kac–Moody algebra whose root lattice is the even Lorentzian unimodular lattice II_9,1 of dimension 10. Some of its root multiplicities have been calculated; for small roots the multiplicities seem to be well behaved, but for larger roots the observed patterns break down. E₁₀ has a Cartan matrix with determinant -1:
- $\left [ \begin{smallmatrix} 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ -1 & 2 & -1& 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & -1 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 2 \end{smallmatrix}\right ]$
E₁₁ (or E₈+++ as a (three-node) very-extended E₈) is a Lorentzian algebra, containining one time-like imaginary dimension, that has been conjectured to generate the symmetry "group" of M-theory.
E_n for n≥12 is an infinite dimensional Kac–Moody algebra that has not been studied much.

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