OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

Longest Weyl-group element (w0​)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Cartan subalgebra Root-space decomposition Root system Weyl reflection Reflection group of a root system Weyl group
2026-10-05  0 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
The longest element of a finite Weyl group is the element sending all positive roots of a root system to negative roots. It is the longest element of a finite Coxeter group. For the G2 root system it is −I: its twelve roots form two hexagons, and the dihedral reflection group of a root system contains the rotation through π. It determines the highest weight of a dual representation.

 Ancestors (14)

  1. Weyl group
  2. Reflection group of a root system
  3. Weyl reflection
  4. Root system
  5. Root-space decomposition
  6. Cartan subalgebra
  7. Semisimple Lie algebra
  8. Lie algebra
  9. Lie theory
  10. Diagonal dominance
  11. Algebra
  12. Area of mathematics
  13. Mathematics
  14.  Home

 Incoming links (2)

  • Highest weight of a dual representation
  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2017 / iii / Paper 102 / 5 / iii / Solution

 View article source

 Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook