5 papers
Three Generations in E7
John C. Baez
Starting from the Standard Model Lie algebra sitting inside the complex Lie algebra $\mathfr…
Jordan Pair Quantum Theory and the Standard Model
John C. Baez, Endre Bokor, Latham Boyle
Jordan pairs and hermitian Jordan triples were discovered by mathematicians studying Jordan algebras, which describe the possible algebras of observables in quantum mechanics. We p…
The Standard Model Gauge Group from the Exceptional Jordan Algebra
John C. Baez, Paul Schwahn
We construct the Standard Model gauge group using the exceptional Jordan algebra and its automorphism group . The group acts o…
Triangulations of the Sphere
John C. Baez
Thurston gave a simple way to construct all triangulations of the sphere for which 5 or 6 triangles meet at each vertex, using the Eisenstein integers . While such tria…
The Inverse Cube Force Law
John C. Baez
Newton's Principia is famous for its investigations of the inverse square force law for gravity. But in this book Newton also did something that remained little-known until fairly…