Indexes of the weyl groups in the orthogonal groups of some kac-moody algebras (Q4338217)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1014475
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1014475 |
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Indexes of the weyl groups in the orthogonal groups of some kac-moody algebras (English)
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9 December 1997
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Weyl group
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orthogonal group
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indefinite Kac-Moody algebra
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0.7661066055297852
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0.7569906711578369
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0.7555375695228577
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Elements of the Weyl group of a Kac-Moody algebra are orthogonal on the root lattice \(Q\) with respect to the usual symmetric bilinear form. An interesting question is to determine the structure of the full orthogonal group of \(Q\). Towards this end, the author determines that for certain indefinite Kac-Moody algebras of the type studied by \textit{G. Benkart}, \textit{S. J. Kang} and \textit{K. C. Misra} [Adv. Math. 97, 154-190 (1993; Zbl 0854.17026)] the index of the Weyl group in the orthogonal group is infinite.
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