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In mathematics, a Chevalley basis for a simple complex Lie algebra is a basis constructed by Claude Chevalley with the property that all structure constants are integers. Chevalley used these bases to construct analogues of Lie groups over finite fields, called Chevalley groups. The Chevalley basis is the Cartan-Weyl basis, but with a different normalization.

The generators of a Lie group are split into the generators H and E indexed by simple roots and their negatives . The Cartan-Weyl basis may be written as

Defining the dual root or coroot of as

where is the euclidean inner product. One may perform a change of basis to define

The Cartan integers are

The resulting relations among the generators are the following:

where in the last relation is the greatest positive integer such that is a root and we consider if is not a root.

For determining the sign in the last relation one fixes an ordering of roots which respects addition, i.e., if then provided that all four are roots. We then call an extraspecial pair of roots if they are both positive and is minimal among all that occur in pairs of positive roots satisfying . The sign in the last relation can be chosen arbitrarily whenever is an extraspecial pair of roots. This then determines the signs for all remaining pairs of roots.

References

  • Carter, Roger W. (1993). Finite Groups of Lie Type: Conjugacy Classes and Complex Characters. Wiley Classics Library. Chichester: Wiley. ISBN  978-0-471-94109-5.
  • Chevalley, Claude (1955). "Sur certains groupes simples". Tohoku Mathematical Journal (in French). 7 (1–2): 14–66. doi: 10.2748/tmj/1178245104. MR  0073602. Zbl  0066.01503.
  • Tits, Jacques (1966). "Sur les constantes de structure et le théorème d'existence des algèbres de Lie semi-simples". Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS (in French). 31: 21–58. MR  0214638. Zbl  0145.25804.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In mathematics, a Chevalley basis for a simple complex Lie algebra is a basis constructed by Claude Chevalley with the property that all structure constants are integers. Chevalley used these bases to construct analogues of Lie groups over finite fields, called Chevalley groups. The Chevalley basis is the Cartan-Weyl basis, but with a different normalization.

The generators of a Lie group are split into the generators H and E indexed by simple roots and their negatives . The Cartan-Weyl basis may be written as

Defining the dual root or coroot of as

where is the euclidean inner product. One may perform a change of basis to define

The Cartan integers are

The resulting relations among the generators are the following:

where in the last relation is the greatest positive integer such that is a root and we consider if is not a root.

For determining the sign in the last relation one fixes an ordering of roots which respects addition, i.e., if then provided that all four are roots. We then call an extraspecial pair of roots if they are both positive and is minimal among all that occur in pairs of positive roots satisfying . The sign in the last relation can be chosen arbitrarily whenever is an extraspecial pair of roots. This then determines the signs for all remaining pairs of roots.

References

  • Carter, Roger W. (1993). Finite Groups of Lie Type: Conjugacy Classes and Complex Characters. Wiley Classics Library. Chichester: Wiley. ISBN  978-0-471-94109-5.
  • Chevalley, Claude (1955). "Sur certains groupes simples". Tohoku Mathematical Journal (in French). 7 (1–2): 14–66. doi: 10.2748/tmj/1178245104. MR  0073602. Zbl  0066.01503.
  • Tits, Jacques (1966). "Sur les constantes de structure et le théorème d'existence des algèbres de Lie semi-simples". Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS (in French). 31: 21–58. MR  0214638. Zbl  0145.25804.



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