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The Hurwitz action in complex reflection groups

Combinatorics 2022-06-17 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We enumerate Hurwitz orbits of shortest reflection factorizations of an arbitrary element in the infinite family G(m,p,n)G(m, p, n) of complex reflection groups. As a consequence, we characterize the elements for which the action is transitive and give a simple criterion to tell when two shortest reflection factorizations belong to the same Hurwitz orbit. We also characterize the quasi-Coxeter elements (those with a shortest reflection factorization that generates the whole group) in G(m,p,n)G(m, p, n).

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@article{arxiv.2105.08104,
  title  = {The Hurwitz action in complex reflection groups},
  author = {Joel Brewster Lewis and Jiayuan Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.08104},
  year   = {2022}
}

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30 pages plus a Sage code file

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