Cartan matrices, finite groups of quaternions, and Kleinian singularities
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Abstract:
The eigenvectors of the Cartan matrices of affine type ${A_r}$, ${D_r}$, ${E_6}$, ${E_7}$, and ${E_8}$ can be taken to be the columns of the character tables of the finite groups of quaternions.References
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- © Copyright 1981 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 81 (1981), 153-154
- MSC: Primary 20C15; Secondary 32B30, 57R45
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1981-0589160-8
- MathSciNet review: 589160