Classification of finite double-edge chains #
The double-edge bound in
TauCeti.LinearAlgebra.RootSystem.FiniteType.DoubleEdge.Basic leaves exactly three possible shapes
for two nonempty chains joined by a double edge: one chain has one vertex, giving the families
B_n and C_n, or both chains have two vertices, giving F_4. That file realizes the two infinite
families and deliberately leaves the exceptional case to the assembly step of the classification.
This file supplies that step. The equivalence TauCeti.doubleEdgeF4Equiv reads the second chain
towards the double edge, followed by the first chain away from it. Under this ordering the matrix
TauCeti.doubleEdgeCartanMatrix 2 2 is Mathlib's Bourbaki-numbered CartanMatrix.F₄. Its finite
type follows from TauCeti.DynkinType.isFiniteType_cartanMatrix_F4, and combining this with the
double-edge bound gives a complete characterization of when the model diagram is of finite type.
This file classifies the model double-edge chains themselves, and combines this with the no-branch
extraction theorem to establish the double-edge branch of the classification: every connected
finite-type Cartan matrix carrying a double edge has a unique valid Dynkin type
(Bₙ, Cₙ, or F₄).
Main results #
TauCeti.doubleEdgeCartanMatrix_two_two: the exceptional surviving matrix isF₄, up to its explicit simultaneous reindexing.TauCeti.isFiniteType_doubleEdgeCartanMatrix_iff: two nonempty chains joined by a double edge are of finite type exactly for theB_n,C_n, andF₄shapes.TauCeti.IsFiniteType.existsUnique_dynkinType_of_apply_mul_apply_eq_two: a connected finite-type Cartan matrix with a double edge has a unique valid Dynkin type (Bₙ,Cₙ, orF₄).TauCeti.existsUnique_dynkinType_of_apply_mul_apply_eq_two: the root-system counterpart for an irreducible reduced crystallographic finite root system with a double edge.
References #
This is the double-edge assembly step in the "classification of finite-type Cartan matrices"
target of Layer 5 of TauCetiRoadmap/RepresentationTheory/RootSystems/README.md. The numbering of
F₄ is Bourbaki's; see Bourbaki, Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, Chapters 4--6, Ch. VI, §4 and
plate VIII, or J. E. Humphreys, Introduction to Lie Algebras and Representation Theory, §11.4.
The ordering of a double-edge chain with two vertices on each side that identifies it with
the Bourbaki-numbered F₄ diagram. It reads the second chain from its outer vertex to the double
edge, then the first chain from the double edge to its outer vertex. Thus
inr 0, inr 1, inl 1, inl 0 become nodes 0, 1, 2, 3.
Instances For
The outer vertex of the first chain is node 3 under doubleEdgeF4Equiv.
The inner vertex of the first chain is node 2 under doubleEdgeF4Equiv.
The outer vertex of the second chain is node 0 under doubleEdgeF4Equiv.
The inner vertex of the second chain is node 1 under doubleEdgeF4Equiv.
The exceptional double-edge chain is F₄. After ordering its four vertices from one outer
end to the other, with the double edge in the middle, doubleEdgeCartanMatrix 2 2 is the standard
Bourbaki-numbered Cartan matrix of the Dynkin type F₄.
The double-edge chain with two vertices on each side is of finite type, since it is the
standard Cartan matrix of type F₄ after reindexing.
The equivalence identifying the double-edge chain with one vertex on the first chain with the
standard Bourbaki-numbered B_{q+1} diagram. It puts the q vertices of the second chain first,
followed by the lone vertex of the first chain.
Instances For
A double-edge chain whose first chain is a single vertex is of type Bₙ.
Classification of finite double-edge chains. Suppose both chains are nonempty. Their
double-edge diagram is of finite type exactly when the second chain is a single vertex (type
C_n), the first chain is a single vertex (type B_n), or both chains have two vertices (type
F₄).
The double-edge branch of the finite-type classification. A connected finite-type matrix
containing a double edge has a unique valid Dynkin type. It is one of Bₙ, Cₙ, or F₄.
An irreducible root system with a double edge has a unique valid Dynkin type. The type is
one of Bₙ, Cₙ, or F₄.