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Perfect models for finite Coxeter groups

Representation Theory 2023-01-02 v1 Combinatorics Group Theory

Abstract

A model for a finite group is a set of linear characters of subgroups that can be induced to obtain every irreducible character exactly once. A perfect model for a finite Coxeter group is a model in which the relevant subgroups are the quasiparabolic centralizers of perfect involutions. In prior work, we showed that perfect models give rise to interesting examples of WW-graphs. Here, we classify which finite Coxeter groups have perfect models. Specifically, we prove that the irreducible finite Coxeter groups with perfect models are those of types An\mathsf{A}_{n}, Bn\mathsf{B}_n, D2n+1\mathsf{D}_{2n+1}, H3\mathsf{H}_3, or I2(n)\mathsf{I}_2(n). We also show that up to a natural form of equivalence, outside types A3\mathsf{A}_3, Bn\mathsf{B}_n, and H3\mathsf{H}_3, each irreducible finite Coxeter group has at most one perfect model. Along the way, we also prove a technical result about representations of finite Coxeter groups, namely, that induction from standard parabolic subgroups of corank at least two is never multiplicity-free.

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@article{arxiv.2201.00748,
  title  = {Perfect models for finite Coxeter groups},
  author = {Eric Marberg and Yifeng Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.00748},
  year   = {2023}
}

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32 pages

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