Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/iii/paper-111/3/b/solution

For , duality gives
The positive-root criterion for Coxeter length says
is a positive root. Its basis coefficients are nonnegative and not all zero, so and . If the length decreases, that root is negative and the same calculation gives .
If is the identity and , choose a left descent from the first letter of a reduced expression for . The preceding result gives
although . The two open half-spaces are disjoint, a contradiction. Thus the Dual geometric representation of a Coxeter group is faithful.
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