Bourbaki

Proposition 19

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Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, chapter IX, § 4. Root system associated to a compact group

The group Int(G) operates simply-transitively on the set of framings of G.

Let e=(T,B,(Uα))e= (T,B,(U_{\alpha})) and e′=(T′,B′,(Uα′))e'= (T',B',(U'_{\alpha})) be two framings of G. There exist elements gg in G such that (Int gg)(T)=T′(T) = T', and these elements form a single coset modulo NG(T)N_G(T). Thus, we can assume that T=T′T = T', and we must prove that there exists a unique element of IntG(NG(T))_G(N_G(T)) that transforms ee to e′e'. By Chap. VI, §1, no. 5, Remark 4, there exists a unique element ww of W(R) such that w(B)=B′w(B) = B'. Since W(R) can be identified with NG(T)/TN_G(T)/T, there exists n∈NG(T)n\in N_G(T) such that w=w= Int nn, and nn is uniquely determined modulo T. Thus, we can assume that B=B′B = B', and we must prove that there exists a unique element of IntG(T)_G(T) that transforms ee to e′e', which is simply Lemma 3.

Bourbaki sets the proof directly after the statement, and the corpus does not separate them, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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  • Lemma 3
  • Chap. VI, §1, no. 5, Remark 4 not in this corpus
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