Coxeter elements and root bases

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2011.05.041MaRDI QIDQ765707zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Thind, Alexander jun. Kirillov

Publication date 22 March 2012

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2324

zbMATH Keywords

Coxeter elementstructure constants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Root systems (17B22) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55)

Abstract: Let g be a Lie algebra of type A,D,E with fixed Cartan subalgebra h, root system R and Weyl group W. We show that a choice of Coxeter element C gives a root basis for g. Moreover we show that this root basis gives a purely combinatorial construction of g, where root vectors correspond to vertices of a certain quiver $Gammahat$, and show that with respect to this basis the structure constants of the Lie bracket are given by paths in $Gammahat$. This construction is then related to the constructions of Ringel and Peng and Xiao.

Review text

Suppose that \(\mathcal{G}\) is a finite dimensional simple Lie algebra of type \(A, D\) or \(E\) with Weyl group \(W.\) Fix a Cartan subalgebra \(\mathcal{H}\) of \(\mathcal{G}\) and suppose \(R\) is the corresponding root system. Associated to the Dynkin diagram \(\Gamma\) of \(\mathcal{G},\) there is a certain quiver \(\widehat \Gamma\subseteq\Gamma\times \mathbb{Z}_{2h},\) where \(h\) is the Coxeter number. It has been proved by the authors [J. Algebra 323, No. 5, 1241--1265 (2010; Zbl 1231.20035)] that there is a bijection from the root system \(R\) to the quiver \(\widehat \Gamma\) satisfying specific properties. Using this bijection, the authors of the paper under review correspond to each Coxeter element \(C\in W,\) a basis for \(\mathcal{G}\) consisting of the root vectors and show that the corresponding structure constants are given by paths in \(\widehat \Gamma\).

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