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Kac-Moody algebras and the structure of cosmological singularities: BKL revisited

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The unexpected and fascinating emergence of hyperbolic Coxeter groups and Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebras in the investigation of gravitational theories in the vicinity of a cosmological singularity is reviewed. Some open questions raised by this intriguing result are discussed.

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