Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4585624 Journal of Algebra 2012 22 Pages PDF
Abstract

Given a grading Γ:A=⊕g∈GAg on a nonassociative algebra A by an abelian group G, we have two subgroups of Aut(A): the automorphisms that stabilize each component Ag (as a subspace) and the automorphisms that permute the components. By the Weyl group of Γ we mean the quotient of the latter subgroup by the former. In the case of a Cartan decomposition of a semisimple complex Lie algebra, this is the automorphism group of the root system, i.e., the so-called extended Weyl group. A grading is called fine if it cannot be refined. We compute the Weyl groups of all fine gradings on matrix algebras, octonions and the Albert algebra over an algebraically closed field (of characteristic different from 2 in the case of the Albert algebra).

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