Weyl Character Formula - Statement of Weyl Character Formula

Statement of Weyl Character Formula

The character of an irreducible representation V of a compact Lie group G is given by

where

  • ρ is the half the sum of the positive roots;
  • W is the Weyl group;
  • λ is the highest weight of the irreducible representation V;
  • α runs over the positive roots of the Lie group.
  • is the length of the Weyl group element, defined to be the minimal number of reflections with respect to simple roots such that equals the product of those reflections.

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