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Can you read a quantum field theory's hidden symmetries from algebra instead of geometry?

Vivek Chakrabhavi, Mirjam Cvetič, Jonathan J. Heckman, Shani Meynet

May 28, 2026

When you engineer quantum field theories from M-theory, their hidden symmetries produce anomalies—usually computed via complicated geometry. This work shows you can extract the same information from the algebra of branes probing the underlying Calabi-Yau space, trading difficult intersection number calculations for path algebra. It works where geometry fails.
Published as Quiver Approach to Symmetry Theories arXiv:2605.30354
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