LIE 3-ALGEBRA AND SUPER-AFFINIZATION OF SPLIT-OCTONIONS

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to extend the concept of a generalized Lie 3-algebra, known to the divisional algebra of the octonions 𝕆, to split-octonions 𝕊𝕆, which is non-divisional. This is achieved through the unification of the product of both of the algebras in a single operation. Accordingly, a notational device is introduced to unify the product of both algebras. We verify that 𝕊𝕆 is a Malcev algebra and we recalculate known relations for the structure constants in terms of the introduced structure tensor. Finally we construct the manifestly supersymmetric [Formula: see text] affine superalgebra. An application of the split Lie 3-algebra for a Bagger and Lambert gauge theory is also discussed.