The mapping of the largest exceptional Lie group, E8, is a milestone for enthusiasts for the aesthetics of mathematics. But this embodiment of complex symmetry could be of interest to fundamental physics, too.
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Nicolai, H. A beauty and a beast. Nature 447, 41–42 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/447041a
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