The number 8. A TOE?

From: Marchal Bruno <marchal.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 16:12:17 +0100 (MET)

Hi,

I hope you have not missed Ian Steward's paper on the number
8, considered as a TOE in the last new scientist.
It mentions a paper by John Baez on the octonions. The
octonions seems to be a key ingredient for the quantization
of general relativity.

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/Octonions/

I am too buzy now to make comments but it seems *very*
interesting, if not convincing.

You can find many discussions on the net about Baez's paper.
For example, one by Osher Doctorow
http://superstringtheory.com/forum/superboard/messages/114.html

Bruno
Received on Mon Nov 18 2002 - 10:13:19 PST