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Extremal Weyl-orbit weights

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let g be a finite-dimensional complex semisimple Lie algebra with Cartan subalgebra h and a fixed positive system with Weyl group W and fundamental chamber C (Open and closed Weyl chambers, Simple transitivity on Weyl chambers), let λ be dominant integral, and let V(λ) be the finite-dimensional irreducible module of highest weight λ. Then for every wW the weight w(λ) occurs in V(λ) with multiplicity one, dimV(λ)w(λ)=1, and w(λ) is extremal in the chamber w(C), in the following sense: every weight μ of V(λ) satisfies w1(μ)λ in the root order, equivalently w(λ)μ is a nonnegative integral combination of the positive roots of the positive system defined by the chamber w(C).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Choice, such g,h, a fixed positive system with Weyl group W and fundamental chamber C, a dominant integral λ, and the module V(λ).

[A1]

The Axiom of Choice is assumed; it enters through the root-space theory used by the cited suppliers (The Axiom of Choice).

[L1]

V(λ) is a finite-dimensional irreducible highest weight module of highest weight λ; its λ-weight space is one-dimensional and every weight μ of V(λ) satisfies μλ, that is, λμ is a nonnegative integral combination of the simple roots (Highest-weight classification, The highest-weight space is one-dimensional, Highest weight modules lie below the top weight, Root order on weights).

[L2]

Weight multiplicities of V(λ) are invariant under W: dimV(λ)wμ=dimV(λ)μ for all wW and all μ, so the weight set is W-invariant (Simple reflections preserve weight multiplicities).

[L3]

The chambers of Φ are the connected components of the complement of the root hyperplanes; the fundamental chamber is C={x:(x,αi)>0}, the Weyl group permutes the chambers, and W acts simply transitively on them; the set of positive roots attached to w(C) is w(Φ+), and the associated positive cone is w(Q+) (Open and closed Weyl chambers, Simple transitivity on Weyl chambers, Simple roots form a signed integral basis, Weyl group).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

Fix wW; since λ is a weight of V(λ) by [L1] and the weight set is W-invariant by [L2], the functional w(λ) is a weight of V(λ), and its multiplicity satisfies dimV(λ)w(λ)=dimV(λ)λ=1 by [L2] and [L1].

A1L1L2
1.2

Let μ be a weight of V(λ); then w1(μ) is a weight by [L2], so w1(μ)λ by [L1], that is, λw1(μ)Q+.

L1L2
2.1

Applying the linear map w to the relation of step 1.2 gives w(λ)μw(Q+), which is exactly the statement that w(λ)μ is a nonnegative integral combination of the roots in the positive system w(Φ+) attached to the chamber w(C) by [L3]; hence w(λ) is extremal in that chamber.

L3step 1.2
3.1

Steps 1.1 and 2.1 prove the multiplicity-one and extremality assertions for every wW.

step 1.1step 2.1

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