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Coxeter groups, symmetries, and rooted representations

Group Theory 2016-11-29 v1

Abstract

Let (W,S)(W,S) be a Coxeter system, let GG be a group of symmetries of (W,S)(W,S) and let f:W\GL(V)f : W \to \GL (V) be the linear representation associated with a root basis (V,.,.,Π)(V, \langle .,. \rangle, \Pi).We assume that G\GL(V)G \subset \GL (V), and that GG leaves invariant Π\Pi and .,.\langle .,. \rangle. We show that WGW^G is a Coxeter group, we construct a subset Π~VG\tilde \Pi \subset V^G so that (VG,.,.,Π~)(V^G, \langle .,. \rangle, \tilde \Pi) is a root basis of WGW^G, and we show that the induced representation fG:WG\GL(VG)f^G : W^G \to \GL(V^G) is the linear representation associated with (VG,.,.,Π~)(V^G, \langle .,. \rangle, \tilde \Pi).In particular, the latter is faithful. The fact that WGW^G is a Coxeter group is already known and is due to M\"uhlherr and H\'ee, but also follows directly from the proof of the other results.

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@article{arxiv.1611.09150,
  title  = {Coxeter groups, symmetries, and rooted representations},
  author = {Olivier Geneste and Luis Paris},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.09150},
  year   = {2016}
}
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