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A Garside presentation for Artin-Tits groups of type $\tilde C_n$

Group Theory 2011-07-27 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove that an Artin-Tits group of type C~\tilde C is the group of fractions of a Garside monoid, analogous to the known dual monoids associated with Artin-Tits groups of spherical type and obtained by the "generated group" method. This answers, in this particular case, a general question on Artin-Tits groups, gives a new presentation of an Artin-Tits group of type C~\tilde C, and has consequences for the word problem, the computation of some centralizers or the triviality of the center. A key point of the proof is to show that this group is a group of fixed points in an Artin-Tits group of type A~\tilde A under an involution. Another important point is the study of the Hurwitz action of the usual braid group on the decomposition of a Coxeter element into a product of reflections.

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@article{arxiv.1002.4320,
  title  = {A Garside presentation for Artin-Tits groups of type $\tilde C_n$},
  author = {François Digne},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.4320},
  year   = {2011}
}