The canonical bilinear form on a finite root pairing #
Given a finite root pairing, we define a canonical map from weight space to coweight space, and the corresponding bilinear form. This form is symmetric and Weyl-invariant, and if the base ring is linearly ordered, then the form is root-positive, positive-semidefinite on the weight space, and positive-definite on the span of roots. From these facts, it is easy to show that Coxeter weights in a finite root pairing are bounded above by 4. Thus, the pairings of roots and coroots in a crystallographic root pairing are restricted to a small finite set of possibilities. Another application is to the faithfulness of the Weyl group action on roots, and finiteness of the Weyl group.
Main definitions: #
RootPairing.Polarization
: A distinguished linear map from the weight space to the coweight space.RootPairing.RootForm
: The bilinear form on weight space corresponding toPolarization
.
Main results: #
RootPairing.rootForm_self_sum_of_squares
: The inner product of any weight vector is a sum of squares.RootPairing.rootForm_reflection_reflection_apply
:RootForm
is invariant with respect to reflections.RootPairing.rootForm_self_smul_coroot
: The inner product of a root with itself times the corresponding coroot is equal to two times Polarization applied to the root.RootPairing.exists_ge_zero_eq_rootForm
:RootForm
is positive semidefinite.
References: #
- [N. Bourbaki, Lie groups and Lie algebras. Chapters 4--6][bourbaki1968]
- [M. Demazure, SGA III, Exposé XXI, Données Radicielles][demazure1970]
An invariant linear map from weight space to coweight space.
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An invariant linear map from coweight space to weight space.
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An invariant inner product on the weight space.
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An invariant inner product on the coweight space.
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Polarization restricted to S
-span of roots.
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Polarization restricted to S
-span of roots.
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A canonical bilinear form on the span of roots in a finite root pairing, taking values in a commutative ring, where the root-coroot pairing takes values in that ring.
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A version of SGA3 XXI Lemma 1.2.1 (10), adapted to change of rings.
A version of SGA3 XXI Lemma 1.2.1 (10).
The bilinear form of a finite root pairing taking values in a linearly-ordered ring, as a root-positive form.