English Explanatory Dictionary

Weyl group

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A subgroup of the isometry group of a root system, generated by reflections through the hyperplanes orthogonal to the roots.

Word forms

Weyl group Weyl groups

Etymology

Named after Hermann Weyl.

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