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The Weyl group of a root system is a subgroup generated by reflections through the hyperplanes orthogonal to the roots.

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'Generalised' coinvariant algebras

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple complex Lie algebra, and $\mathfrak{h}\subset\mathfrak{g}$ a Cartan subalgebra with Weyl group $W$. Consider the fibre product $\mathfrak{h}\times_{\mathfrak{g}} N$, whe …
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About the intrinsic definition of the Weyl group of complex semisimple Lie algebras

Yes: this is the approach to defining the 'abstract Weyl group' introduced in "Representation Theory and Complex Geometry" by Chriss/Ginzburg on p. 135 (2nd Edition, Birkhauser).
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