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Diagrammatics for Coxeter groups and their braid groups

Representation Theory 2017-01-11 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We give a monoidal presentation of Coxeter and braid 2-groups, in terms of decorated planar graphs. This presentation extends the Coxeter presentation. We deduce a simple criterion for a Coxeter group or braid group to act on a category.

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@article{arxiv.1405.4928,
  title  = {Diagrammatics for Coxeter groups and their braid groups},
  author = {Ben Elias and Geordie Williamson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.4928},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

Many figures, best viewed in color. Minor updates. This version agrees with the published version

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