Event

Talk
Kac-Moody symmetries in M-theory
Axel Kleinschmidt
4 Jun 2007, 15:00 – 16:00

This talk will give an overview of an endeavour to characterise the structure of supergravity or even M-theory by means of its underlying symmetry. Collecting results from different studies suggests that the indefinite Kac-Moody algebra E10 plays a prominent role in this algebraic description of M-theory. I will review the evidence for this claim and present the way E10 is believed to control the dynamical properties of M-theory.