Root systems, affine subspaces, and projections (Q1984354)

Let \(\Phi\) be a finite irreducible crystallographic root system in a finite-dimensional real vector space \(E\). The paper studies the combinatorial structure of the subsets of \(\Phi\) cut by affine subspaces of \(E\) and their projections. As byproducts, easy algebraic combinatorial proofs of refinements of \textit{T. Oshima}'s Lemma [``A classification of subsystems of a root system'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:math/0611904}], and of a result by Kostant presented in [\textit{A. Joseph}, Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér. (4) 31, No. 1, 17--45 (1998; Zbl 0908.17002)] are obtained. Also a partial result towards the resolution of a problem by \textit{S. Hopkins} and \textit{A. Postnikov} [Algebr. Comb. 2, No. 6, 1159--1196 (2019; Zbl 1468.05305)], and some new enumerative results on root systems are provided.