Tag 0041

\(A_{4}^{*}\)

A4*

Invariants

Rank4
Signature \((n_+, n_-)\)(4, 0)
Determinant\(\tfrac{1}{5}\)

Gram tensor

The components \(b(e_i, e_j)\) of the Gram tensor \(b\) in the chosen basis \(e_{1}, \dots, e_{4}\).

\(e_{1}\)\(e_{2}\)\(e_{3}\)\(e_{4}\)
\(e_{1}\)4/53/52/51/5
\(e_{2}\)3/56/54/52/5
\(e_{3}\)2/54/56/53/5
\(e_{4}\)1/52/53/54/5
[[4/5, 3/5, 2/5, 1/5], [3/5, 6/5, 4/5, 2/5], [2/5, 4/5, 6/5, 3/5], [1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5]]

Definite lattice

Minimum of \(b(x, x)\), \(x \neq 0\)\(\tfrac{4}{5}\)
Kissing number10
Order of the isometry group\(240 = 2^{4} \cdot 3 \cdot 5\)

Roots

Root lattice: \(L = \mathbb{Z}\Phi(L)\)no
Number of roots20
\(R(L) = \mathbb{Z}\Phi(L)\)\(\cong A_{4}\)
Rank of \(R(L)\)4
\([L : R(L)]\)5
\(R(L)\) is primitive in \(L\)no: \(L / R(L) \cong \mathbb{Z}/5\)

Components of \(\Phi(L)\)

ComponentTypeValues of \(b(r, r)\)Number of roots\(\mathbb{Z}\Phi_c\)
\(\Phi_{1}\)\(A_{4}\)\(\{2\}\)20\(\cong A_{4}\)

Simple roots

Simple rootCoordinates\(b(r, r)\)
\(\alpha_{1}\)\(e_{1} + e_{4}\)\(2\)
\(\alpha_{2}\)\(e_{3} - 2e_{4}\)\(2\)
\(\alpha_{3}\)\(e_{2} - 2e_{3} + e_{4}\)\(2\)
\(\alpha_{4}\)\(e_{1} - 2e_{2} + e_{3}\)\(2\)