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On the ‘strange formula’ of Freudenthal and de Vries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

H. D. Fegan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
B. Steer
Affiliation:
Hertford College, Oxford 0X1 3BW

Extract

Suppose that G is a semi-simple, compact, connected Lie group. Endow g, its Lie algebra, with the inner product which is the negative of the Killing form. Choose a fundamental Weyl Chamber and let R+ denote the positive roots so determined.

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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1989

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