Weyl elements in the standard symplectic group #
For distinct coordinate indices i and j, this file constructs the standard representative
n_{i,j} = x_{e_i-e_j}(1) x_{e_j-e_i}(-1) x_{e_i-e_j}(1)
of the Weyl reflection exchanging i and j. It also constructs the long-root representative
n_{2e_i}, which exchanges the two symplectic coordinates belonging to i. Conjugation by these
representatives transports the root subgroups and acts on the paired diagonal torus by the
corresponding type-C_m reflections. These identities work over an arbitrary commutative ring, so
no division or characteristic restriction is needed.
The short-root representatives permute torus coordinates, while the long-root representatives invert individual coordinates. Together these give the permutation and sign-change generators of the signed permutation group, the Weyl group of the standard symplectic torus.
Main definitions and results #
TauCeti.GLSymplecticFin.differenceShortRootWeylElement: the standard representative of the reflection ine_i-e_j.TauCeti.GLSymplecticFin.positiveLongRootWeylElementandTauCeti.GLSymplecticFin.negativeLongRootWeylElement: the two opposite representatives of the reflection in2e_i.positiveLongRootWeylElement_mul_diagonal_mul_inv: the long-root reflection inverts one diagonal-torus coordinate.positiveLongRootWeylElement_mem_normalizer_diagonalTorusandnegativeLongRootWeylElement_mem_normalizer_diagonalTorus: both long-root representatives belong to the normalizer of the paired diagonal torus.differenceShortRootWeylElement_mem: a subgroup containing the two difference-root elements forming a Weyl word contains the corresponding Weyl representative.coe_differenceShortRootWeylElement: in sum coordinates it is a product of two type-AWeyl representatives.differenceShortRootWeylElement_inv: the representative for the opposite root is its inverse.differenceShortRootWeylElement_mul_differenceShortRootUnit_mul_inv: its reflection action on the short-root subgroup.differenceShortRootWeylElement_mul_positiveLongRootTransvectionUnit_mul_inv: it transportsx_{2e_j}(c)tox_{2e_i}(c).differenceShortRootWeylElement_mul_negativeLongRootTransvectionUnit_mul_inv: the corresponding transport ofx_{-2e_j}(c).differenceShortRootWeylElement_mul_diagonal_mul_inv: the short-root reflection exchanges two diagonal-torus coordinates.differenceShortRootWeylElement_mem_normalizer_diagonalTorus: the short-root representative belongs to the normalizer of the paired diagonal torus.
References #
- R. W. Carter, Simple Groups of Lie Type (1972), §5.2.
- R. Steinberg, Lectures on Chevalley Groups (1968), §3.
Both the short-root and the long-root representatives follow the Chevalley Weyl-word
construction n_α = x_α(1) x_{-α}(-1) x_α(1) of these references.
The standard representative of the Weyl reflection in the short root e_i-e_j:
x_{e_i-e_j}(1) x_{e_j-e_i}(-1) x_{e_i-e_j}(1).
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A subgroup containing the two difference-root elements forming a Weyl word contains the corresponding Weyl reflection representative.
In sum coordinates the short-root Weyl representative is the product of the type-A Weyl
representative on the first block and the inverse of the one on the second block.
Conjugation by the Weyl representative for e_i-e_j sends its short-root subgroup to
the opposite short-root subgroup and negates the parameter.
A short-root Weyl element transports positive long roots. Conjugation by the reflection
representative for e_i-e_j sends x_{2e_j}(c) to x_{2e_i}(c), with no change of parameter.
A short-root Weyl element transports negative long roots. Conjugation by the reflection
representative for e_i-e_j sends x_{-2e_j}(c) to x_{-2e_i}(c), with no change of parameter.
Applying a ring homomorphism entrywise to a short-root Weyl element gives the corresponding Weyl element over the target ring.
A short-root Weyl element permutes torus coordinates. Conjugation by the reflection
representative for e_i-e_j exchanges the i-th and j-th coordinates of the paired diagonal
torus.
Long-root reflections #
The standard representative of the reflection in the long root 2e_i:
x_{2e_i}(1) x_{-2e_i}(-1) x_{2e_i}(1).
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The standard representative of the reflection in the opposite long root -2e_i:
x_{-2e_i}(1) x_{2e_i}(-1) x_{-2e_i}(1).
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A subgroup containing the two opposite long-root elements in the Weyl word contains the positive long-root Weyl representative.
A subgroup containing the two opposite long-root elements in the Weyl word contains the negative long-root Weyl representative.
The matrix underlying the positive long-root Weyl representative is the elementary Weyl
matrix exchanging the two symplectic coordinates belonging to i.
The matrix underlying the negative long-root Weyl representative is the elementary Weyl matrix for the opposite ordered pair of symplectic coordinates.
The representative for the opposite long root is the inverse of the positive long-root representative.
The inverse of the negative long-root representative is the positive long-root representative.
Conjugation by the long-root Weyl representative exchanges the positive and negative long root subgroups and negates the parameter.
Conjugation by the long-root Weyl representative exchanges the negative and positive long root subgroups and negates the parameter.
Conjugation by the long-root Weyl representative inverts the corresponding coordinate of the paired diagonal torus and fixes every other coordinate.
Conjugation by the opposite long-root representative has the same reflection action on the paired diagonal torus.
The long-root Weyl representative normalizes the paired diagonal torus.
The opposite long-root Weyl representative normalizes the paired diagonal torus.
Applying a ring homomorphism entrywise to a negative long-root Weyl representative gives the corresponding representative over the target ring.