Root system

Dual root system

Let Φ be a root system. To any root 𝛼 Φ one associated a coroot #m/def/geo

𝛼=2𝛼(𝛼,𝛼)

and the set of all coroots Φ forms the dual root system, whose Weyl group is canonically isomorphic to that of Φ.1

Proof

#missing/proof


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Footnotes

  1. 1972. Introduction to Lie algebras and representation theory, §9.2, p. 43