Space, Matter and Interactions in a Quantum Early Universe. Part I : Kac-Moody and Borcherds Algebras

We introduce a quantum model for the Universe at its early stages, formulating a mechanism for the expansion of space and matter from a quantum initial condition, with particle interactions and creation driven by algebraic extensions of the Kac-Moody Lie algebra ${\mathbf{e}}_{\mathbf{9}}$. We investigate Kac-Moody and Borcherds algebras, and we propose a generalization that meets further requirements that we regard as fundamental in quantum gravity.