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Commensurators of parabolic subgroups of Coxeter groups

Group Theory 2009-09-25 v1

Abstract

Let (W,S)(W,S) be a Coxeter system, and let XX be a subset of SS. The subgroup of WW generated by XX is denoted by WXW_X and is called a parabolic subgroup. We give the precise definition of the commensurator of a subgroup in a group. In particular, the commensurator of WXW_X in WW is the subgroup of ww in WW such that wWXw1WXwW_Xw^{-1}\cap W_X has finite index in both WXW_X and wWXw1wW_Xw^{-1}. The subgroup WXW_X can be decomposed in the form WX=WX0WXWX0×WXW_X = W_{X^0} \cdot W_{X^\infty} \simeq W_{X^0} \times W_{X^\infty} where WX0W_{X^0} is finite and all the irreducible components of WXW_{X^\infty}" > are infinite. Let YY^\infty be the set of tt in SS such that ms,t=2m_{s,t}=2" > for all sXs\in X^\infty. We prove that the commensurator of WXW_X is WYWXWY×WXW_{Y^\infty} \cdot W_{X^\infty} \simeq W_{Y^\infty} \times W_{X^\infty}. In particular, the commensurator of a parabolic subgroup is a parabolic subgroup, and WXW_X is its own commensurator if and only if X0=YX^0=Y^\infty.

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@article{arxiv.math/9601201,
  title  = {Commensurators of parabolic subgroups of Coxeter groups},
  author = {Luis Paris},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9601201},
  year   = {2009}
}

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