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Weyl anti invariants are divisible by the discriminant
Statement
For the finite Weyl reflection action on , put . Then The invariant quotient is unique. This includes rank zero and the zero polynomial, and is choice-free.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The finite Weyl action and polynomial conventions.
The discriminant is nonzero, has one nonproportional linear factor per reflecting hyperplane and satisfies , by Weyl discriminant and reflecting hyperplane arrangement.
Polynomial functions and the substitution action are those of Finite linear invariant and coinvariant polynomial algebras.
Proof
Let and let be any factor of . On its reflecting hyperplane , so and therefore . Extend to a linear coordinate system . The constant coefficient in vanishes at every , hence is the zero polynomial by F2's polynomial-function faithfulness. Thus divides .
In a polynomial ring over a field a nonzero product is nonzero: choose, for example, the lexicographically highest monomial of each factor, whose product is the unique highest monomial of the product and has nonzero coefficient. Also the ideal generated by a nonzero linear form is prime, since a linear coordinate change identifies its quotient with a polynomial ring in one fewer variable, which is a domain by that same argument. Two nonproportional linear forms do not divide each other, since a quotient between degree-one polynomials would have degree zero. Consequently if each of finitely many pairwise nonproportional linear forms divides , their product divides : induct, and use primeness to divide the remaining quotient by the next factor, since it divides none of the preceding factors. These statements include by taking quotient zero.
Steps 1.1–1.2 give . For , F1 and anti-invariance yield . The determinant is nonzero and the polynomial ring is a domain, so . Thus , and domain cancellation also proves uniqueness. Conversely if is invariant, F1 gives , so it is anti-invariant. When the rank is zero, and both sides are . All coordinate extensions and products are finite, so no AC enters.
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Sources
- Pavel Etingof, Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, §§21–22; local sign-change proofs fill the chamber argument (standard reference, not scraped)