Torsion automorphisms of simple Lie algebras (Q993653)

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    Torsion automorphisms of simple Lie algebras (English)
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    20 September 2010
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    Let \({\mathfrak g}\) be a simple finite-dimensional complex Lie algebra. An automorphism \(\sigma\) of \({\mathfrak g}\) is called torsion if it has finite order in the group of automorphisms of \({\mathfrak g}\). The classification of such automorphisms is due to [\textit{V. G. Kac}, Infinite-dimensional Lie algebras. Cambridge etc.: Cambridge University Press (1990; Zbl 0716.17022)]. In this paper the author obtains Kac's classification directly from the geometry of the affine Weyl group, without using infinite-dimensional Lie algebras.
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    torsion automorphism
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    simple finite-dimensional complex Lie algebra
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    Weyl group
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