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Main Authors: Cho, Cheol-Hyun, Jeong, Wonbo, Kim, Beom-Seok
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22836
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author Cho, Cheol-Hyun
Jeong, Wonbo
Kim, Beom-Seok
author_facet Cho, Cheol-Hyun
Jeong, Wonbo
Kim, Beom-Seok
contents It is well-known that ADE Dynkin diagrams classify both the simply-laced simple Lie algebras and simple singularities. We introduce a polygonal wheel in a plane for each case of ADE, called the Coxeter wheel. We show that equivalence classes of edges and spokes of a Coxeter wheel form a geometric root system isomorphic to the classical root system of the corresponding type. This wheel is in fact derived from the Milnor fiber of corresponding simple singularities of two variables, and the bilinear form on the geometric root system is the negative of its symmetrized Seifert form. Furthermore, we give a completely geometric definition of simple Lie algebras using arcs, Seifert form and variation operator of the singularity theory.
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spellingShingle Geometric models of simple Lie algebras via singularity theory
Cho, Cheol-Hyun
Jeong, Wonbo
Kim, Beom-Seok
Representation Theory
Geometric Topology
Symplectic Geometry
17B20, 17B22, 32S50
It is well-known that ADE Dynkin diagrams classify both the simply-laced simple Lie algebras and simple singularities. We introduce a polygonal wheel in a plane for each case of ADE, called the Coxeter wheel. We show that equivalence classes of edges and spokes of a Coxeter wheel form a geometric root system isomorphic to the classical root system of the corresponding type. This wheel is in fact derived from the Milnor fiber of corresponding simple singularities of two variables, and the bilinear form on the geometric root system is the negative of its symmetrized Seifert form. Furthermore, we give a completely geometric definition of simple Lie algebras using arcs, Seifert form and variation operator of the singularity theory.
title Geometric models of simple Lie algebras via singularity theory
topic Representation Theory
Geometric Topology
Symplectic Geometry
17B20, 17B22, 32S50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22836