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The Weyl group is finite and faithful

Statement

Let Φ be a reduced crystallographic root system. Then its Weyl group W(Φ) is finite, and the action of W(Φ) on Φ by restriction is faithful: the homomorphism W(Φ)Sym(Φ) that sends w to its restriction to Φ is injective.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A reduced crystallographic root system Φ in a finite-dimensional real inner product space E, with reflections sα and Weyl group W(Φ).

[L1]

Φ is finite, spans E, and sα(Φ)=Φ for all αΦ (Reduced crystallographic Euclidean root system).

[L2]

The reflection sα is orthogonal, sα(α)=α, and sα(x)=x for (x,α)=0 (Weyl group, Coroot and dual root system).

[L3]

W(Φ)=sα:αΦ is the subgroup of O(E) generated by the reflections (Weyl group).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

Each generator sα lies in O(E) and satisfies sα(Φ)=Φ by [L1]. Consequently every wW(Φ), being a finite product of generators and their inverses, restricts to a bijection w:ΦΦ.

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2.1

The assignment ρ:W(Φ)Sym(Φ), ρ(w)=wΦ, is a group homomorphism: the restriction of a composition of linear maps is the composition of the restrictions. Hence ρ(W(Φ)) is a subgroup of the finite group Sym(Φ).

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3.1

If ρ(w)=id then w(α)=α for every αΦ; since Φ spans E and w is linear, w=idE. Thus kerρ={1}: the restriction action on the finite set Φ is faithful, and ρ identifies W(Φ) with the finite subgroup ρ(W(Φ))Sym(Φ). In particular W(Φ) is finite and W(Φ)=ρ(W(Φ))Φ!.

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