The root hyperplanes are , , and . Their reflections are coordinate sign changes, coordinate interchange and a signed interchange. They generate all signed permutations of the two coordinates:
Geometrically this is the dihedral symmetry group of a square, with order eight. It preserves both the four short roots and the four long roots of the B2 root system.
Representatives in can be given explicitly. The matrix
has determinant one and conjugates the first rotation block to its inverse, giving . The matrix similarly reverses . Flipping the fifth coordinate compensates for the determinant of the planar reflection.
The permutation matrix
swaps the two coordinate planes. Its permutation is , so its determinant is also one. Conjugation gives , the reflection in . These elements normalize , and generate all eight Weyl actions. For example, induces , a quarter-turn, and induces the half-turn. The representatives supply the specified reflections and their typical products inside the actual special orthogonal group.