The short-root weight diagram of type G2 #
This file records the seven weights of the fundamental type-G₂ module V(ϖ₁) in
fundamental-weight coordinates. They are the six short roots and zero, ordered from the highest
weight to its negative. The table is root-datum data used by the integral representation in
TauCeti.Algebra.Lie.G2.ShortRoot.Basic.
The numbering and coordinates follow N. Bourbaki, Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, Chapters 4--6,
Plate IX. The weight diagram follows J. E. Humphreys, Introduction to Lie Algebras and
Representation Theory, §19.3 (the G₂ algebra) and §21.3 (weight strings and diagrams).
The seven weights of the fundamental module V(ϖ₁) of type G₂ in fundamental-weight
coordinates: the six short roots and zero, ordered as
2α₁ + α₂, α₁ + α₂, α₁, 0, -α₁, -(α₁ + α₂), -(2α₁ + α₂).
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The first listed weight is the highest weight ϖ₁.
The seven weights are injective in their index.
The weight diagram is symmetric about the origin. Reversing the index negates the weight, the middle index being the fixed point of that symmetry. Nothing is claimed here about a pairing carrying that symmetry.
The weights are the short roots and zero. The nonzero weights are exactly the roots of the
pinned type-G₂ datum of squared length one.
The weights span the full character lattice. The highest weight is the first fundamental weight, and it and the next weight sum to the second.