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Symmetry and Rigidity of Star-Shaped Coxeter Systems

Group Theory 2026-05-22 v1

Abstract

We provide a complete description of the automorphism group \Aut(W)\Aut (W) of a Coxeter group WW admitting a star-shaped finite Coxeter diagram. We prove that each automorphism decomposes as a product of inner and diagram automorphisms, along with three additional types: transvections and two families of partial conjugations. Furthermore, we investigate the natural short exact sequence 1\Inn(W)\Aut(W)\Out(W)11 \to \Inn (W) \to \Aut (W) \to \Out (W) \to 1. Using Moussong's criteria for hyperbolicity, we show that these groups possess the RR_\infty-property. Finally, we establish rigidity properties for these groups using known techniques and provide a solution to the isomorphism problem within the class of star-shaped Coxeter systems.

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@article{arxiv.2605.22065,
  title  = {Symmetry and Rigidity of Star-Shaped Coxeter Systems},
  author = {Arijit Mahato and Tushar Kanta Naik and A Rameswar Patro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.22065},
  year   = {2026}
}

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