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Factoring euclidean isometries

Group Theory 2013-12-31 v1

Abstract

Every isometry of a finite dimensional euclidean space is a product of reflections and the minimum length of a reflection factorization defines a metric on its full isometry group. In this article we identify the structure of intervals in this metric space by constructing, for each isometry, an explicit combinatorial model encoding all of its minimal length reflection factorizations. The model is largely independent of the isometry chosen in that it only depends on whether or not some point is fixed and the dimension of the space of directions that points are moved.

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@article{arxiv.1312.7780,
  title  = {Factoring euclidean isometries},
  author = {Noel Brady and Jon McCammond},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.7780},
  year   = {2013}
}

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24 pages, 3 figures

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