# Generations: three prints, in colour

@article{Furey2014GenerationsTP,
title={Generations: three prints, in colour},
author={C. Furey},
journal={Journal of High Energy Physics},
year={2014},
volume={2014},
pages={1-11}
}
• C. Furey
• Published 19 May 2014
• Physics
• Journal of High Energy Physics
A bstractWe point out a somewhat mysterious appearance of SUc(3) representations, which exhibit the behaviour of three full generations of standard model particles. These representations are found in the Clifford algebra ℂl(6), arising from the complex octonions. In this paper, we explain how this 64-complex-dimensional space comes about. With the algebra in place, we then identify generators of SU(3) within it. These SU(3) generators then act to partition the remaining part of the 64… Expand
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