diff --git a/src/sage/combinat/root_system/cartan_matrix.py b/src/sage/combinat/root_system/cartan_matrix.py
index 0ef6e7ce79d..4d95fa0f4e6 100644
--- a/src/sage/combinat/root_system/cartan_matrix.py
+++ b/src/sage/combinat/root_system/cartan_matrix.py
@@ -521,6 +521,25 @@ def dual(self):
             return CartanMatrix(self._cartan_type.dual())
         return CartanMatrix(self.transpose())
 
+    def is_simply_laced(self):
+        """
+        Implements :meth:`CartanType_abstract.is_simply_laced()`.
+
+        A Cartan matrix is simply-laced if all non diagonal entries are `0`
+        or `-1`.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: cm = CartanMatrix([[2, -1, -1, -1], [-1, 2, -1, -1], [-1, -1, 2, -1], [-1, -1, -1, 2]])
+            sage: cm.is_simply_laced()
+            True
+        """
+        for i in range(self.nrows()):
+            for j in range(i+1, self.ncols()):
+                if self[i, j] < -1 or self[j, i] < -1:
+                    return False
+        return True
+
     def is_crystallographic(self):
         """
         Implements :meth:`CartanType_abstract.is_crystallographic`.
diff --git a/src/sage/combinat/root_system/type_A_affine.py b/src/sage/combinat/root_system/type_A_affine.py
index dbd6a1913da..494e473c57e 100644
--- a/src/sage/combinat/root_system/type_A_affine.py
+++ b/src/sage/combinat/root_system/type_A_affine.py
@@ -202,3 +202,22 @@ def dual(self):
         """
         return self
 
+    def _default_folded_cartan_type(self):
+        """
+        Return the default folded Cartan type.
+
+        In general, this just returns ``self`` in ``self`` with `\sigma` as
+        the identity map.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: CartanType(['A',1,1])._default_folded_cartan_type()
+            ['A', 1, 1] as a folding of ['A', 3, 1]
+            sage: CartanType(['A',3,1])._default_folded_cartan_type()
+            ['A', 3, 1] as a folding of ['A', 3, 1]
+        """
+        from sage.combinat.root_system.type_folded import CartanTypeFolded
+        if self.n == 1:
+            return CartanTypeFolded(self, ['A', 3, 1], [[0,2], [1,3]])
+        return CartanTypeFolded(self, self, [[i] for i in self.index_set()])
+