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The root set is a reduced crystallographic root system

Statement

With the bilinear form induced on h by the Killing form, the root set Φ of a complex semisimple Lie algebra is a finite reduced crystallographic root system. Moreover, every root space gα is one-dimensional.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A complex semisimple Lie algebra g, a Cartan subalgebra h, and its root set Φh.

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

Orthogonality of distinct root spaces and nondegeneracy of the Killing form imply that B restricts to a nondegenerate pairing gα×gαC. Choose eα,fα with B(eα,fα)0. Then Opposite root spaces bracket to the Killing-dual line gives [eα,fα]=B(eα,fα)Hα. The scalar α(Hα) is nonzero: otherwise the generated three-dimensional algebra would be solvable, so its adjoint action could be triangularized, making ad[eα,fα] nilpotent; but this element lies in h and acts semisimply, forcing it to be zero, a contradiction. After rescaling, eα,fα and hα:=2Hα/α(Hα) form an sl2-triple.

givenconstructalgebra
2.1

The subspace CHαk0gkα is a finite-dimensional module for this sl2. Its zero-weight space is the line CHα, so complete reducibility of sl2-modules leaves one irreducible summand with even weights. Consequently its weight-2 space gα is one-dimensional. Since [eα,eα]=0, the raising operator kills that weight-2 space, so it is the highest weight: no kα with k2 is a root.

step 1.1algebra
3.1

For roots α,β, the root-string space Vα,β:=kZgβ+kα is a finite-dimensional sl2-module. Since its nonzero weight spaces are one-dimensional by step 2.1, the vector in gβ lies in one irreducible summand. The hα-weight β(hα)=2(β,α)/(α,α) is therefore an integer, and symmetry of the weights in that summand supplies the nonzero opposite-weight space gββ(hα)α. Thus sα(β)=ββ(hα)α is again a root.

step 1.1step 2.1algebra
4.1

The roots span h, since an element of h annihilated by every root would commute with all of g and hence be zero. On the real span of the coroots, the Killing form is positive definite: B(h,h)=tr(adh2) is the sum of squares of the real root eigenvalues and is positive for h0. Finiteness comes from the finite root decomposition; step 2.1 gives reducedness; and step 3.1 gives crystallographic integrality and reflection stability. Hence Φ is a finite reduced crystallographic root system, and all its root spaces are one-dimensional.

step 2.1step 3.1algebra

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