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Coxeter systems, left inversion sets, and higher dimensional cubes

Group Theory 2025-04-08 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let (W,S) (W,S) be a Coxeter system. We investigate the equation w(Φx)=Φy w(\Phi_{x}) = \Phi_{y} where w,x,yW w,x,y\in W and Φx \Phi_{x}, Φy\Phi_{y} denote the left inversion sets of x x and y y. We then define a commutative square diagram called a Coxeter square which describes the relationship between 4 non-identity elements of the Coxeter group W W and the equation w(Φx)=Φy w(\Phi_{x}) = \Phi_{y}. Coxeter squares were first introduced by Dyer, Wang in \cite{dyer2011groupoids2} and \cite{dyer2019characterization}. Coxeter squares can be \textquotedblleft glued" together by compatible edges to form commutative diagrams in the shape of higher dimensional cubes called Coxeter nn-cubes, which were first defined by Dyer in Example 12.5 of \cite{dyer2011groupoids2}. When W< |W| < \infty and S=n |S| = n, we show that Coxeter nn-cubes must exist within (W,S) (W,S). We then prove results about Coxeter nn-cubes in the AnA_{n} Coxeter system. We establish an explicit bijection between Coxeter nn-cubes (modulo orientation) in An A_{n} and binary trees with n+1n+1 leaves. We also show that an element xx of An A_{n} appears as the edge of some Coxeter nn-cube if and only if x x is a bigrassmannian permutation.

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@article{arxiv.2504.03911,
  title  = {Coxeter systems, left inversion sets, and higher dimensional cubes},
  author = {Harrison Gimenez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.03911},
  year   = {2025}
}
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