Cartan action on the split type-B root generators #
This file records the coordinates of the Bourbaki simple coroots in the split diagonal Cartan and
uses them to compute their action on both signs of every simple root. If dᵢ is the coordinate
vector of the ith simple coroot, the formulas are
[hᵢ, eⱼ] = dᵢ(j) eⱼ (j the short node),
[hᵢ, eⱼ] = (dᵢ(j) - dᵢ(j+1)) eⱼ (j a long node),
with the negatives of these scalars on the negative-root generators. The results below identify
these scalars uniformly with entries of Mathlib's type-B Cartan matrix; the transpose appears
because the coroot index comes first in the Lie bracket. The mixed and higher Serre relations are
subsequent steps.
Main results #
TauCeti.typeBSimpleCorootCoordinate: the diagonal coordinate of a simple coroot.TauCeti.typeBSimpleCorootGenerator_eq_diagonal: the corresponding matrix identity.TauCeti.typeBSimpleCorootGenerator_lie_eq_zero: simple coroots commute.TauCeti.typeBSimpleCorootGenerator_lie_root_lastandTauCeti.typeBSimpleCorootGenerator_lie_root_castSucc: Cartan action on positive generators.TauCeti.typeBSimpleCorootGenerator_lie_negativeRoot_lastandTauCeti.typeBSimpleCorootGenerator_lie_negativeRoot_castSucc: Cartan action on negative generators.TauCeti.typeBSimpleCorootGenerator_lie_rootandTauCeti.typeBSimpleCorootGenerator_lie_negativeRoot: the uniform integral Cartan-action relations.TauCeti.isSl2Triple_typeBSimpleRootGenerator: the simple generators at each node form ansl₂triple.
References #
- N. Bourbaki, Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, Chapters 4--6, Plate II.
- R. W. Carter, Simple Groups of Lie Type, Section 4.2.
These relations supply matrix-model input both to the Chevalley--Demazure construction and to a
Chevalley-style basis of the split type-B Lie algebra.
The coordinate vector of a Bourbaki simple coroot of Bₙ₊₁ in the split diagonal Cartan.
The first n nodes are εᵢ - εᵢ₊₁, while the final short node has coroot 2εₙ.
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