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2009 Weyl groupoids of rank two and continued fractions
Michael Cuntz, István Heckenberger
Algebra Number Theory 3(3): 317-340 (2009). DOI: 10.2140/ant.2009.3.317

Abstract

We present a relationship between continued fractions and Weyl groupoids of Cartan schemes of rank two. This allows one to decide easily if a given Cartan scheme of rank two admits a finite root system. We obtain obstructions and sharp bounds for the entries of the Cartan matrices.

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Michael Cuntz. István Heckenberger. "Weyl groupoids of rank two and continued fractions." Algebra Number Theory 3 (3) 317 - 340, 2009. https://doi.org/10.2140/ant.2009.3.317

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Received: 1 July 2008; Revised: 19 January 2009; Accepted: 6 March 2009; Published: 2009
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

zbMATH: 1181.20035
MathSciNet: MR2525553
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/ant.2009.3.317

Subjects:
Primary: 20F55
Secondary: 11A55 , 16W30

Keywords: Cartan matrix , Continued fraction , Nichols algebra , Weyl groupoid

Rights: Copyright © 2009 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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