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The E8 root system consists of 240 vectors in an 8-dimensional space. Those vectors are the vertices (corners) of an 8-dimensional object called the Gosset polytope 421. In the 1960s, Peter McMullen drew by hand a 2-dimensional representation of the Gosset polytope 421. This image was computer generated by John Stembridge, based on McMullen's drawing.
Credit: John Stembridge, University of Michigan
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The Atlas project members
Credit: American Institute of Mathematics
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Atlas of Lie Groups Project members Fokko du Cloux (left) and Jeffrey Adams discuss E8 at the 2005 Atlas conference at the American Institute of Mathematics.
Credit: Wai Ling Yee
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