Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2024/iii/paper-102/4/iv/solution

On , each is reflection in the line . The product of two plane reflections is a rotation. If is the oriented angle from to , then
rotates through modulo .
If this rotation has order , conjugation by either reflection inverts it. Hence
is a dihedral group, with rotational subgroup .
For the simple-root angles from part ii, the rotation orders and Weyl groups are
These are the rank-two Weyl groups.

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