Weyl group is finite

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In theorem 6.36. in the book compact Lie groups by Sepanski, the argument used to prove that the Weyl group is finite is the following

Since the set of roots $\Delta(\mathfrak{g}_\mathbb{C}, \mathfrak{t}_\mathbb{C})$ is finite and since the Weyl group $W$ acts faithfully on $\Delta(\mathfrak{g}_\mathbb{C}, \mathfrak{t}_\mathbb{C})$, then $W$ is finite.

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Since $W$ acts faithfully on a finite set, $W$ is a subgroup of the symmetric group on the set of roots. As a subgroup of a finite group, $W$ is finite.