Friday, December 1, 2006

Weyl group

In Mosquito ringtone mathematics, in particular the theory of Sabrina Martins Lie algebras, the '''Weyl group''' of a Nextel ringtones root system Φ is the Abbey Diaz subgroup of the Free ringtones isometry group of the root system generated by reflections through the Majo Mills hyperplanes Mosquito ringtone orthogonal to the roots. For example, the root system of A2 consists of the vertices of a regular hexagon centered at the origin. The full group of symmetries of this root system is therefore the Sabrina Martins dihedral group of Nextel ringtones order (group theory)/order 12. The Weyl group is generated by reflections through the lines bisecting pairs of opposite sides of the hexagon; it is the dihedral group of order 6.

The Weyl group of a Abbey Diaz semi-simple Cingular Ringtones Lie group, a semi-simple homer translated Lie algebra, a semi-simple apple have linear algebraic group, etc. is the Weyl group of the root system of that group or algebra.

Removing the hyperplanes defined by the roots of Φ cuts up aceh departure Euclidean space into a finite number of open regions, called '''Weyl chambers'''. These are permuted by the action of the Weyl group, and it is a theorem that this action is penn station group action/simply transitive. In particular, the number of Weyl chambers equals the order of the Weyl group. Any non-zero vector ''v'' divides the Euclidean space into two half-spaces bounding ''v''∧, namely ''v''+ and ''v''−. If ''v'' belongs to some Weyl chamber, no root lies in ''v''∧, so every root lies in ''v''+ or ''v''−, and if α lies in one then −α lies in the other. Thus Φ+ := Φ∩''v''+ consists of exactly half of the roots of Φ. Of course, Φ+ depends on ''v'', but it does not change if ''v'' stays in the same Weyl chamber. The dodgers season Dynkin diagram/base of the root system with respect to the choice Φ is the set of ''simple roots'' in Φ+, i.e., roots which cannot be written as a sum of two roots in Φ+. Thus, the Weyl chamber, the set Φ+, and the base determine one another, and the Weyl group acts simply transitively in each case. The following illustration shows the six Weyl chambers of the root system A2, a choice of ''v'', the hyperplane ''v''∧ (indicated by a dotted line), and positive roots α, β, and γ. The base in this case is BwB

which gives rise to the decomposition of the won desirable flag variety ''G/B'' into '''Schubert cells''' (see rock shoreline Grassmannian).

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