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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 102 5 Solution by
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A simply-laced positive-definite Coxeter graph has no multiple edges and has positive-definite symmetric Cartan matrix, with diagonal entries and entry precisely across an edge. Its connected components are exactly the ADE classification
The graph underlying is . For simple roots with and , its roots areThere is one base for each Weyl chamber, hence six bases. The Weyl group is generated by the two root reflections withso . Relative to a chosen base, the two Coxeter elements are and ; both have order three.
A representation of the quiver is one linear map . Choosing bases that put in rank normal form decomposes it into copies ofThese are indecomposable and have dimension vectors , , and , the three positive roots of . More generally, Gabriel theorem says that for any orientation of a simply-laced positive-definite Dynkin graph, indecomposable quiver representations are in bijection with its positive roots. The finite ADE root system therefore gives finitely many indecomposables.
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