Weyl group

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A Weyl group is a finite reflection group associated with a root system that encodes the symmetries of Lie algebras and Lie groups in representation theory and geometry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf finite reflection group
mathematical concept
actsOn Cartan subalgebra
Cartan subalgebra dual
root system
weight lattice
appearsIn theory of Kac–Moody algebras
theory of algebraic groups
associatedWith Coxeter group
root system
semisimple Lie algebra
semisimple Lie group
correspondsTo isomorphism class of root system
definedAs group generated by reflections in hyperplanes orthogonal to roots
encodes structure of semisimple Lie algebra
structure of semisimple Lie group
symmetries of Dynkin diagram
symmetries of root system
field Lie theory
algebraic geometry
combinatorics
differential geometry
representation theory
hasExample Weyl group of type A_n
linked to: Weyl group

Weyl group of type B_n
linked to: Weyl group

Weyl group of type C_n
linked to: Weyl group

Weyl group of type D_n
linked to: Weyl group

Weyl group of type E_6
linked to: Weyl group

Weyl group of type E_7
Weyl group of type E_8
linked to: Weyl group

Weyl group of type F_4
linked to: Weyl group

Weyl group of type G_2
linked to: Weyl group
hasOrder finite integer depending on root system
hasProperty acts on Euclidean space
crystallographic
finite
generated by reflections
namedAfter Hermann Weyl
relatedTo Cartan matrix
Dynkin diagram
subclassOf Coxeter group
crystallographic reflection group
reflection group
usedIn Borel–Weil–Bott theorem
Kazhdan–Lusztig theory
Weyl character formula
classification of semisimple Lie algebras
classification of simple Lie groups
representation theory of Lie algebras
representation theory of Lie groups

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Hermann Weyl knownFor Weyl group
H. S. M. Coxeter knownFor Coxeter groups
linked to: Weyl group
Hermann Weyl knownFor Weyl group
subject linked to: Weyl
Weyl group hasExample Weyl group of type A_n
linked to: Weyl group
Weyl group hasExample Weyl group of type B_n
linked to: Weyl group
Weyl group hasExample Weyl group of type C_n
linked to: Weyl group
Weyl group hasExample Weyl group of type D_n
linked to: Weyl group
Weyl group hasExample Weyl group of type E_6
linked to: Weyl group
Weyl group hasExample Weyl group of type E_8
linked to: Weyl group
Weyl group hasExample Weyl group of type F_4
linked to: Weyl group
Weyl group hasExample Weyl group of type G_2
linked to: Weyl group
Lie theory studies Weyl groups
linked to: Weyl group
Cartan subalgebras relatedTo Weyl groups
linked to: Weyl group
Lie group hasAssociatedObject Weyl group (for semisimple Lie groups)
linked to: Weyl group
Clebsch diagonal surface relatedTo Weyl group of type E6 via lines configuration
subject linked to: Clebsch diagonal surfaces
linked to: Weyl group
Deligne–Lusztig theory involves Weyl groups
linked to: Weyl group