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Table 2 Conjugacy classes in the Weyl groups \(D_{4}\), see Tables 2637 and Table 3

From: Extending Snow’s algorithm for computations in the finite Weyl groups

\(N^{\circ}\)

Carter diagrama

Representative element

Elms

Root subset

Order

Signed cycle-typeb

0

e

1

1

[1111]

1

\(s_{1}\)

12

\(A_{1}\)

2

[211]

2

\(s_{1}s_{2}\)

32

\(A_{2}\)

3

[31]

3

\(s_{1}s_{3}\)

6

\(2A_{1}\)

2

[22]

4

\(s_{1}s_{4}\)

6

\(2A_{1}\)

2

[22]

5

\(s_{3}s_{4}\)

6

\(D_{2}\)

2

[\(\bar{1}\bar{1}\)11]

6

\(s_{1}s_{2}s_{3}\)

24

\(A_{3}\)

4

[4]

7

\(s_{1}s_{2}s_{4}\)

24

\(A_{3}\)

4

[4]

8

\(s_{1}s_{3}s_{4}\)

12

\(3A_{1}\)

2

[2\(\bar{1}\bar{1}\)]

9

\(s_{3}s_{2}s_{4}\)

24

\(D_{3}\)

4

[\(\bar{2}\bar{1}\)1]

10

\(s_{1}s_{4}s_{2}s_{3}\)

32

\(D_{4}\)

6

[\(\bar{3}\bar{1}\)]

11

\(s_{3}s_{2}s_{4}s_{3}s_{2}s_{1}\)

12

\(D_{4}(a_{1})\)

4

[\(\bar{2}\bar{2}\)]

12

\(s_{1}s_{2}s_{3}s_{4}s_{2}s_{1}s_{2}s_{3}s_{4}s_{2}s_{3}s_{4}\)

1

\(4A_{1}\)

2

[\(\bar{1}\bar{1}\bar{1}\bar{1}\)]

  1. aFor an explanation of the Carter diagram \(D_{4}(a_{1})\) with a dotted edge (in the 11th conjugacy class), see [9, §1.1.1].
  2. bFor the definition of signed cycle-types, see [5, §7].