Root polytopes and abelian ideals

Abstract: We study the root polytope

m a t h c a l P_{P} h i

of a finite irreducible crystallographic root system

P h i

using its relation with the abelian ideals of a Borel subalgebra of a simple Lie algebra with root system

P h i

. We determine the hyperplane arrangement corresponding to the faces of codimension 2 of

m a t h c a l P_{P} h i

and analyze its relation with the facets of

m a t h c a l P_{P} h i

. For

P h i

of type

A_{n}

or

C_{n}

, we show that the orbits of some special subsets of abelian ideals under the action of the Weyl group parametrize a triangulation of

m a t h c a l P_{P} h i

. We show that this triangulation restricts to a triangulation of the positive root polytope

m a t h c a l P_{P} h i^{+}

.

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