New complex- and quaternion-hyperbolic reflection groups (Q1572891): Difference between revisions

\textit{E. B. Vinberg} researched a number of reflection groups that are subgroups of the symmetry groups of the Lorentzian lattice \(I_{n,1}\) over \(\mathbb{R}\) [Mat. Sbornik (N.S.) 87, 18-36 (1972); English translation in Math. USSR-Sb. 87, 17-35 (1972; Zbl 0244.20058)]. These groups act on the real hyperbolic space \(\mathbb{R} H^n\). In the paper under review the author carries out complex and quaternionic analogues of Vinberg's study. He researches the symmetry groups of Lorentzian lattices over each of the rings \(G,E,H\) where \(G, E,H\) denote the rings of Gaussian, Eisenstein, Hurwitz integers, i.e. \(G=\mathbb{Z} [i]\), \(E=\mathbb{Z} [-1+{1\over 2}\sqrt{-3}]\), \(H\) is the integral span of the units \(\pm 1,\pm i,\pm j.\pm k\) and \({1\over 2}(\pm 1,\pm i,\pm j,\pm k)\) in the field \(H\) of quaternions. A Lorentzian lattice is a free \(R\)-module equipped with a Hermitian form of signature \([-1,+1, \dots,+1]\). The symmetry groups provide a large number of discrete groups generated by reflections and acting with finite volume quotient on the hyperbolic spaces \(\mathbb{C} H^n\), \(HH^n\). The author constructs a total of 19 such groups. Some of them are known, some other ones are new. It should be pointed out that there are some applications on the moduli space of complex cubic surfaces.