Dn root system ($D_n=\{\pm e_i\pm e_j:i<j\}$)

For the complexified Special orthogonal Lie algebra ${\mathfrak{so}}_{2n}$, $n\ge 2$, choose positive roots of a root system $e_i-e_j$ and $e_i+e_j$ for $i<j$. Its Weyl vector is $\rho =(n-1,n-2,\dots ,0)$. Dominant coordinates satisfy ${\lambda }_1\ge \cdots \ge {\lambda }_{n-1}\ge |{\lambda }_n|$. The Weyl dimension formula becomes ${\prod }_{i<j}(({\lambda }_i+{\rho }_i{)}^2-({\lambda }_j+{\rho }_j{)}^2)/({\rho }_i^2-{\rho }_j^2)$. The case $D_2$ is two independent A1 root systems, while $D_3$ is isomorphic to the A3 root system.

The Weyl group of the Dn root system consists of coordinate permutations together with an even number of sign changes. Reflection in ${\epsilon }_i-{\epsilon }_j$ swaps coordinates $i,j$; reflection in ${\epsilon }_i+{\epsilon }_j$ swaps them and negates both. These generate all even signed permutations, giving order $2^{n-1}n!$.

With simple roots ${\alpha }_i={\epsilon }_i-{\epsilon }_{i+1}$ for $i<n$ and ${\alpha }_n={\epsilon }_{n-1}+{\epsilon }_n$, the fundamental weights are ${\omega }_i={\epsilon }_1+\cdots +{\epsilon }_i$ for $i\le n-2$, followed by ${\omega }_{n-1}=({\epsilon }_1+\cdots +{\epsilon }_{n-1}-{\epsilon }_n)/2$ and ${\omega }_n=({\epsilon }_1+\cdots +{\epsilon }_n)/2$. All roots have squared length two, so their pairings with coroots verify the dual-basis identities. The last two weights are the half-spin highest weights; for $n=2$, the defining highest weight is ${\omega }_1+{\omega }_2$.

For the antidiagonal symmetric matrix $J$ in dimension $2n$, put $\bar{i}=2n+1-i$ and $H_i=E_{ii}-E_{\bar{i}\bar{i}}$. The diagonal Cartan subalgebra has coordinates ${\epsilon }_i(H)=t_i$. The root spaces of weights ${\epsilon }_i-{\epsilon }_j$ are spanned by $E_{ij}-E_{\bar{j}\bar{i}}$; those of weights ${\epsilon }_i+{\epsilon }_j$ by $E_{i\bar{j}}-E_{j\bar{i}}$, with negative-root spaces given by transposes. The condition $A_{ij}=-A_{\bar{j}\bar{i}}$ gives these generators directly and excludes roots $2{\epsilon }_i$.