On the affine Weyl group of type \(\tilde A_{n-1}\) (Q1096721)
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On the affine Weyl group of type \(\tilde A_{n-1}\) (English)
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1987
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The author proves that the Weyl group \(\tilde A_{n-1}\) is a split extension of \(S_ n\) by a direct product of (n-1) copies of Z. The center is trivial for \(n>4\). Also, \(\tilde A_{3-1}\) and \(\tilde A_{4- 1}\) are solvable of length 3 and 4 respectively. For \(n>4\), the first and second derived groups are identical.
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Weyl group
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split extension
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solvable
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derived groups
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