Description of root systems with given Weyl group
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Description of root systems with given Weyl group
zbMATH Open document ID: 0930.17024
DOI: 10.1007/BF02314842
author: I. I. Kotova
published in: Mathematical Notes
publication date: 2000-02-15T00:00:00Z
review text: The paper deals with the discrete groups generated by reflections. A criterion for the existence of a root system with a given Weyl group is derived in \S 2. Let \(G= (g_{ij})\) be an indecomposable \((n\times n)\) matrix with \(g_{ii}=2\) for all \(i\), \(i= 1,\dots, n\) and \(g_{ij}= 0\iff g_{ji}=0\). Let \(({\mathfrak H},\Pi,\Pi^\vee)\) be the realization of the matrix \(G\). That is, \({\mathfrak H}\) is a vector space, \(\Pi= \{\alpha_1,\dots, \alpha_n\}\subset{\mathfrak H}^*\), \(\Pi^\vee= \{\alpha_1^\vee,\dots, \alpha_n^\vee\}\subset{\mathfrak H}\) and \(\alpha_i (\alpha_j^\vee)= g_{ij}\), \(i,j= 1,\dots, n\). The Weyl group for \(g\) is the group of transformations of the space \({\mathfrak H}^*\) generated by the reflections \(R_i\), such that \(R_i(x)= x- x(\alpha_i^\vee) \alpha_i\). The matrix \(A\) is said to be diagonally conjugate to \(G\) if \(A= D\cdot G\cdot D^{-1}\), \(D= \text{diag} \{\lambda_1,\dots, \lambda_n\}\), \(\lambda_i\neq 0\), where the relation holds up to a permutation of indices. The Weyl groups for \(A\) and \(G\) coincide. A criterion for the existence of a generalized Cartan matrix \(A\) diagonally conjugate to \(G\) is obtained. Hence it is possible to connect \(G\) with the appropriate Kac-Moody algebra. The description of all root systems for a Weyl group \(W\) of the above mentioned matrix \(G\) is derived in \(\S 3\).
reviewed by: Alexander Rudy
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 17B67
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20F55
zbMATH DE Number: 1294972
zbMATH Keywords: discrete groups generated by reflections
zbMATH Keywords: root system
zbMATH Keywords: Weyl group
zbMATH Keywords: generalized Cartan matrix
zbMATH Keywords: Kac-Moody algebra
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: Q4894499
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02314842
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1294972