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Let ${\displaystyle W}$ be the Weyl group of a semisimple Lie algebra ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}}$ (associate to fixed choice of a Cartan subalgebra ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {h}}}$). Assume that a set of simple roots in ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {h}}^{*}}$ is chosen.

The affine action (also called the dot action) of the Weyl group on the space ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {h}}^{*}}$ is

${\displaystyle w\cdot \lambda :=w(\lambda +\delta )-\delta }$

where ${\displaystyle \delta }$ is the sum of all fundamental weights, or, equivalently, the half of the sum of all positive roots.

References

• Baston, Robert J.; Eastwood, Michael G. (1989), The Penrose Transform: its Interaction with Representation Theory, Oxford University Press.

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