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Edited remark about coroots.
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\begin{rem}
Let $\alpha \in \Phi$. Then $\alpha^\vee = 2 t_\alpha / \kappa(t_\alpha, t_\alpha)$ because
Let $\alpha \in \Phi$. The existence and uniqueness of $\alpha^\vee$ follows from the fact that $[\g_\alpha, \g_{-\alpha}]$ is one-dimensional with $\alpha([\g_\alpha, \g_{-\alpha}]) = k \alpha(t_\alpha) \neq 0$. Also notice that $\alpha^\vee = 2 t_\alpha / \kappa(t_\alpha, t_\alpha)$ because
\[
\alpha\left( \frac{2 t_\alpha}{\kappa(t_\alpha, t_\alpha)} \right)
= \frac{2\alpha(t_\alpha)}{\kappa(t_\alpha, t_\alpha)}
= \frac{2\kappa(t_\alpha,t_\alpha)}{\kappa(t_\alpha, t_\alpha)}
= 2.
\]

\]
\end{rem}


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