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Geometric characterization of the group law in the Weyl group

Representation Theory 2025-03-26 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a reductive group with Borel BB and Weyl group WW. Then BB-double cosets in GG are indexed by the Weyl group, say O(w)O(w) for wWw\in W. Then we prove the minimal BB-double coset in the convolution O(w1)O(w2)O(w_1)*O(w_2) is O(w1w2)O(w_1w_2), which gives a geometric characterization of multiplication in WW. This defines the abstract Weyl group W\mathbf W which is a Coxeter group acting on the abstract Cartan T\mathbf T.

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@article{arxiv.2503.19645,
  title  = {Geometric characterization of the group law in the Weyl group},
  author = {Kenta Suzuki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.19645},
  year   = {2025}
}

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