Algebraic Proof of the Symmetric Space Theorem

Abstract

I give a relatively elementary proof of the symmetric space theorem, due to Goddard, Nahm and Olive \cite{GNO}. Unlike their original proof, which involves the quark-model construction, I only use elementary algebraic techniques.

13 pages. Latex2e. To be published in Journal of Mathematical Physics

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