Affine action

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Let $W$ be the Weyl group of a semisimple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ (associate to fixed choice of a Cartan subalgebra $\mathfrak{h}$ ). Assume that a set of simple roots in $\mathfrak{h}^*$ is chosen.

The affine action of the Weyl group on the space $\mathfrak{h}^*$ is

$w\cdot \lambda:=w(\lambda+\delta)-\delta$

where $δ$ is the sum of all fundamental weights, or, equivalently, the half of the sum of all positive roots.

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