Affine Weyl Alcoves, Langlands Duality, and Painlevé Integrability — E8 Intelligence Research
FINDING: Affine Weyl group alcove geometry encodes Langlands duality through Coxeter number and coroot lattice scaling, with Painlevé integrability emerging from normalizer actions. MATH: - Langlands dual: \\( \\check{G} \\) with root system \\( \\check{\\Phi} = \\Phi^\\vee \\); coroot lattice \\( Q^\\vee \\subset \\mathfrak{h}^* \\); Killing form \\( (\\cdot,\\cdot) \\) normalized so long roots have length² = 2. - Coxeter number \\( h = \\frac{2|\\Phi^+|}{|\\text{rank}|} \\); for simply-laced types, \\( h = \\frac{2|\\Phi^+|}{\\text{rank}} \\). - Affine Weyl group \\( W_{\\text{aff}} = W \\ltimes Q^\\vee \\); alcove fundamental domain scaled by \\( 1/h \\) relative to coroot lattice. - Painlevé VI: \\( \\frac{d^2 y}{dt^2} = \\frac{1}{2}\\left(\\frac{1}{y}+\\frac{1}{y-1}+\\frac{1}{y-t}\\right)\\left(\\frac{dy}{dt}\\right)^2 - \\dots \\) with parameters \\( \\theta_i \\) related to affine Weyl group orbits (Yang Shi). - Super Weyl groups: quotients of Coxeter groups with defining sequences for fundamental root systems (arXiv Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
Authors
- Andrew Stewart Caldin
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22762807
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
- Type
- preprint