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Use the positive-root criterion for Coxeter length: for a simple root α∈Δ,
ℓ(wsα​)>ℓ(w)⟺wα∈Π.
(1)
The hypothesis wΔ⊆Π therefore says that every simple generator is a right ascent of w. If w=1, a reduced expression in a Coxeter group for w has a final simple generator sα​, and deleting it gives
ℓ(wsα​)=ℓ(w)−1,
(2)
a contradiction. Hence w=1.
If w stabilizes Δ setwise, then wΔ=Δ⊆Π, so the result just proved gives w=1. Thus the stabilizer of every fundamental system is trivial.
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