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Ben Webster
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As far as I can tell your question is "can I reconstruct a polynomial from its roots." So, yes, you can consider the product $\prod_{\alpha} (x-\alpha(H))$ as a function on $\mathfrak{h}$ valued in polynomials. This is the same (by the definition of root) as the characteristic polynomial of the adjoint action by $H$.

Ben Webster
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