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Chevalley shephard todd for finite weyl groups
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let be a finite Weyl group acting faithfully on its -dimensional complex reflection representation , and put . Then is a polynomial algebra on homogeneous algebraically independent basic invariants, and is free of rank over . More generally these conclusions hold for every finite subgroup of generated by complex reflections (nonidentity transformations fixing a hyperplane pointwise). In the Weyl case the generating root reflections have order two; no classification or Coxeter presentation is needed here.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The Axiom of Choice and a faithful finite reflection group; in the Weyl specialization its action is generated by its root reflections.
Minimal homogeneous invariant generators of exist, generate as an algebra and are algebraically independent (Finite reflection invariant generators are algebraically independent).
Under AC, their number is , and homogeneous coinvariant basis lifts are a graded free -basis of (Reflection basic invariants form a regular sequence).
Under AC, the coinvariant dimension is the product of basic degrees and equals (Weyl coinvariant hilbert series has order w dimension).
Proof
Apply F1 to the given finite subgroup: each generating reflection is precisely a complex reflection under the stated hyperplane definition. If its minimal invariant ideal generators are , the map , , is surjective by algebra generation and injective by algebraic independence. Giving degree makes this a graded algebra isomorphism.
Under the stated AC, F2 gives and a finite homogeneous basis of whose arbitrary homogeneous lifts form a free -basis. F3 says this basis has elements, proving the asserted rank as well as polynomiality. These suppliers concern the same ideal and the same faithful action; no assertion about a Lie algebra restriction map is involved.
When , the subgroup of is trivial, the invariant algebra is the polynomial algebra in zero variables , and its module rank is one. Fixed directions and degree-one generators are allowed by F1 and F2. Only a finite coinvariant basis and finitely many lifts are selected here; the stated AC premise is needed for the current cited proofs of F2 and F3. This proves the stated reflection-group direction; no converse characterizing arbitrary invariant-polynomial groups is asserted.
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Used by
- The center of the enveloping algebra is polynomial on rank-many generators Corollary
- Basic degrees, exponents, and the graded coinvariant algebra of a finite Coxeter system Definition
- The coinvariant algebra of a finite Weyl group Definition
- Adjoint isotypic modules have the zero-weight rank Lemma
- Algebraicity of the coordinates over the invariant field and non-vanishing of the invariant Jacobian Lemma
- Complexifying a finite Coxeter reflection representation: faithfulness, complex reflections, and the hypotheses of the invariant-theory suppliers Lemma
- Every central character of a semisimple enveloping algebra arises from a weight Lemma
- The basic degrees are independent of the chosen family; Hilbert series of the invariants and of the coinvariant algebra; the order formula and the Molien identity Lemma
- The central action on the deformed antidominant projective Lemma
- The coinvariant algebra is a complete intersection with one-dimensional socle Lemma
- The harmonic complement of the coinvariant algebra Lemma
- The nilpotent central fiber is reduced and integral Lemma
- The sum of basic Weyl invariant degrees minus one counts positive roots Lemma
- Kostant harmonic decomposition of the symmetric algebra Theorem
- The coinvariant algebra is the graded regular representation of W Theorem
- The endomorphisms of the antidominant projective form the coinvariant algebra Theorem
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Sources
- Pavel Etingof, Representations of Lie Groups, §§11–13; local proof and exact reading limits in the group report (standard reference, not scraped)