Projection of root systems

Abstract: Let

a

be a real euclidean vector space of finite dimension and

S i g m a

a root system in

a

with a basis

D e l t a

. Let

T h e t a s u b s e t D e l t a

and

M = M_{T h e t a}

be a standard Levi of a reductive group

G

such that

a_{T} h e t a = a_{M} / a_{G}

. Let us denote

d

the dimension of

a_{T} h e t a

, i.e the cardinal of

D e l t a - T h e t a

and

S i g m a_{T h e t a}

the set of all non-trivial projections of roots in

S i g m a

. We obtain conditions on

T h e t a

such that

S i g m a_{T} h e t a

contains a root system of rank

d

.

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