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The geometry of conjugation in Euclidean isometry groups

Group Theory 2025-07-30 v3 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We describe the geometry of conjugation within any split subgroup HH of the full isometry group GG of nn-dimensional Euclidean space. We prove that for any hHh \in H, the conjugacy class [h]H[h]_H of hh is described geometrically by the move-set of its linearization, while the set of elements conjugating hh to a given h[h]Hh'\in [h]_H is described by the the fix-set of its linearization. Examples include all affine Coxeter groups, certain crystallographic groups, and the group GG itself.

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@article{arxiv.2407.08078,
  title  = {The geometry of conjugation in Euclidean isometry groups},
  author = {Elizabeth Milićević and Petra Schwer and Anne Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.08078},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

16 pages, 4 figures best viewed in color; v2: updated reference to arXiv:2407.08080v2; v3: minor revisions, to appear in L'Enseignement Math

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