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Root graded groups of type $ H_3 $ and $ H_4 $

Group Theory 2025-07-04 v3 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Using the well-known realisation of the root system H4 H_4 as a folding of E8 E_8 , one can construct examples of H4 H_4 -graded groups from Chevalley groups of type E8 E_8 . Such Chevalley groups are defined over a commutative ring R R , and the root groups of the resulting H4 H_4 -grading are coordinatised by R×R R \times R . We show that every H4 H_4 -graded group arises as the folding of an E8 E_8 -graded group, or in other words, that it is coordinatised by R×R R \times R for some commutative ring R R . We also prove similar assertions for (D6,H3) (D_6, H_3) in place of (E8,H4) (E_8, H_4) .

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@article{arxiv.2408.06745,
  title  = {Root graded groups of type $ H_3 $ and $ H_4 $},
  author = {Lennart Berg and Torben Wiedemann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.06745},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

v1: 42 pages, v2: 63 pages, changes: Improved the presentation, in particular in Section 4. Added more details for the case $ H_4 $. Added Section 7. Moved some material from old Section 8 to new Section 10 and from Section 4 to Appendix A, v3: 63 pages, changes: Added DOI and journal reference on the first page. Corrected some minor errors

R2 v1 2026-06-28T18:11:30.275Z