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A characterization of finitely generated reflection subgroups of Coxeter groups orthogonal to a reflection

Group Theory 2012-01-18 v2

Abstract

Given a reflection rr in a Coxeter group WW (possibly of infinite rank), we consider the subgroup of WW generated by the reflections in WW having (-1)-eigenvectors orthogonal to the (-1)-eigenvector of rr. In this paper, we determine completely when this subgroup is finitely generated, by using preceding results on centralizers of reflections. This result provides a new and naturally constructed example of a family of non-finitely generated subgroups of finitely generated groups.

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@article{arxiv.math/0603667,
  title  = {A characterization of finitely generated reflection subgroups of Coxeter groups orthogonal to a reflection},
  author = {Koji Nuida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0603667},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

21 pages; previously entitled "On reflections in Coxeter groups commuting with a reflection" (v2) presentation improved