Classification of the root systems $R(m)$
Abstract
Let be a reduced irreducible root system, its Coxeter number and a positive integer smaller than . Choose of base of , whence a corresponding height function, and let be the set of roots whose height is a multiple of . In a recent paper, S. Nadimpalli, S. Pattanayak and D. Prasad studied, for the purposes of character theory at torsion elements, the root systems ; in particular, they introduced a constant which is always the dimension of a representation of the semisimple, simply-connected group with root system dual to and equals if the roots of height form a base of , and proved this property when is of type or , and also in type if is odd. In this paper, we complete their analysis by determining a base of and computing the constant in all cases.
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@article{arxiv.2504.09204,
title = {Classification of the root systems $R(m)$},
author = {Patrick Polo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.09204},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Minor typos corrected. For types $C_n, B_n, D_{n+1}$ the case where $n<m$, omitted in the first version, has been added