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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 iii Paper 1 5 c Solution by
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For the usual positive roots, the chamber condition is that the coefficients of be weakly decreasing, since their consecutive differences are the simple-coroot pairings. Adding the same constant to all three coefficients changes no weight, because .
The given coefficients are . Let exchange , and exchange . With the rightmost reflection acting first,ThusIts coefficients are strictly decreasing, so it lies even in the open Weyl chamber; its Dynkin labels are .
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