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Coxeter group actions on the complement of hyperplanes and special involutions

Representation Theory 2008-01-29 v2 Group Theory Geometric Topology

Abstract

We consider both standard and twisted action of a (real) Coxeter group G on the complement M_G to the complexified reflection hyperplanes by combining the reflections with complex conjugation. We introduce a natural geometric class of special involutions in G and give explicit formulae which describe both actions on the total cohomology H(M_G,C) in terms of these involutions. As a corollary we prove that the corresponding twisted representation is regular only for the symmetric group S_n, the Weyl groups of type D_{2m+1}, E_6 and dihedral groups I_2 (2k+1) and that the standard action has no anti-invariants. We discuss also the relations with the cohomology of generalised braid groups.

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@article{arxiv.math/0311190,
  title  = {Coxeter group actions on the complement of hyperplanes and special involutions},
  author = {Giovanni Felder and Alexander P. Veselov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0311190},
  year   = {2008}
}

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11 pages

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