Electron Shell Structure and Exceptional Lie Algebras: Shell Capacities, the Division Algebra Ladder, and the Lanthanide Contraction as G₂ Rigidity
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Abstract
Electron shell capacities (2, 8, 18, 32) and the lanthanide contraction are explained via exceptional Lie algebra geometry. G₂ rigidity provides the mechanism for the contraction.