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Affine Weyl group is a coroot lattice semidirect product

Statement

The untwisted affine Weyl group has a normal translation subgroup indexed by the finite coroot lattice Q. Every element is uniquely tγw with γQ, wW0, and tγtη=tγ+η,wtγw1=twγ. With B the normalized invariant form used in the loop realization and ν(γ)=B(γ,) on the finite Cartan, the translation action on the full dual Cartan is tγ(λ)=λ+λ(c)ν(γ)(λ(γ)+12B(γ,γ)λ(c))δ. Thus WaffQW0. The convention sometimes written W0Q denotes the same group, with its second factor normal.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The full untwisted affine algebra in its normalized loop convention.

[F1]

Its Cartan and simple generators agree with the GCM realization by Loop and affine GCM presentations are isomorphic.

[F2]

The affine root and coroot are α0=δθ, h0=cθ, with θ long and (θ,θ)=2, by The affine simple root alpha zero is delta minus the highest root.

[F3]

Reflections act by siλ=λλ(hi)αi, by Simple reflections and the kac moody weyl group.

[F4]

The normalized invariant form B is fixed by Residue two cocycle on a loop algebra; finite roots, coroots, its positive definite real restriction and simple generation are Finite semisimple Cartan, root and string structure.

[F5]

The finite Weyl group is finite, preserves the root/coroot lattices, and is generated by its simple reflections by Finite Weyl positive roots and simple reflections.

Proof

1.1

Extend the ν in the statement to vanish on c,d. The displayed operators fix δ and preserve λ(c). In a composition the additional cross term in the δ coefficient is B(γ,η)λ(c), so symmetry gives tγtη=tγ+η. Thus t0=1 and tγ is the inverse. If tγ=1, applying it to every level-zero functional gives λ(γ)=0 for all finite λ, hence γ=0.

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1.2

In the Euclidean coroot system let V be the real span of W0θ. It is nonzero and W0-invariant. For a coroot β not orthogonal to V, some vV has (v,β)0; the reflection formula makes vsβv a nonzero multiple of β, so βV. Thus every coroot belongs to either V or V. If both classes occurred, finite roots would likewise split into two nonempty orthogonal classes. The corresponding root spaces and coroot spans would form commuting ideals: a mixed root sum lies in neither span, so is not a root; mixed Cartan actions vanish; opposite-root brackets lie in their corresponding coroot spans. This contradicts simplicity of g. Consequently V is the entire coroot space.

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2.1

Finite W0 fixes c,d,δ, preserves B and satisfies wν(γ)=ν(wγ). Substitution proves wtγw1=twγ. Since ν(θ)=θ and B(θ,θ)=2, substitution also gives tθsθ(λ)=λ(λ(c)λ(θ))(δθ)=s0λ. Here sθW0 by F5. Hence tθ and all its finite Weyl conjugates belong to Waff.

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3.1

Let M be the integer span of W0θ. For any coroot β, step 1.2 supplies an orbit coroot α with (α,β)0. It has minimal coroot length because θ is long. If proportional, reducedness gives β=±αM. Otherwise integrality and strict Cauchy–Schwarz give 0<2(α,β)(β,β)<2αβ2. The integer has absolute value one. Since M is Weyl invariant, αsβα=±βM. Every coroot belongs to M, so M=Q. Steps 1.1 and 2.1 therefore put every tγ, γQ, in Waff.

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4.1

The products tγw form a group by steps 1.1 and 2.1 and lattice preservation. They contain all finite simple reflections and s0=tθsθ, so form all of Waff. Let Λ vanish on h,d and have Λ(c)=1. Finite W0 fixes it, whereas tγΛ=Λ+ν(γ)B(γ,γ)δ/2. Thus tγW0 forces ν(γ)=0, hence γ=0. Trivial intersection gives uniqueness by comparing two products. Zero translation, identity finite factor and rank one are included. Every lattice expression is a finite sum and no AC is used.

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