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${\boldsymbolπ}$-systems of symmetrizable Kac-Moody algebras

As part of his classification of regular semisimple subalgebras of semisimple Lie algebras, Dynkin introduced the notion of a $π$-system. This is a subset of the roots such that pairwise differences of its elements are not roots. These arise as simple systems of regular semisimple subalgebras. Morita and Naito generalized this notion to all symmetrizable Kac-Moody algebras. In this work, we systematically develop the theory of $π$-systems of symmetrizable Kac-Moody algebras and establish their fundamental properties. We study the orbits of the Weyl group on $π$-systems, and completely determine the number of orbits in many cases of interest in physics. In particular, we show that there is a unique $π$-system of type $HA_1^{(1)}$ (the Feingold-Frenkel algebra) in $E_{10}$ (the rank 10 hyperbolic algebra) up to Weyl group action and negation.