Triple bond isolates a G2 component

ID: triple-bond-isolates-a-g2-component

If two simple roots have angle , normalize them to unit vectors with . For any other unit simple root , set , . Its three-root Gram matrix has determinant . Any nonzero or has absolute value at least , contradicting positive definiteness. Thus all other simple roots are orthogonal to . An irreducible root system containing this triple bond must be the rank-two G2 root system.

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