A generalization of Coxeter groups, root systems, and Matsumoto's theorem. (Q2482704)

In the paper under review the authors provide an abstract framework for certain generalizations of root systems and their associated Coxeter groupoids which cover root systems of a large class of quantized Kac-Moody algebras and Lie superalgebras as well as Nichols algebras appearing in the recent classification of finite dimensional pointed Hopf algebras with Abelian group-like part due to Schneider and Andruskiewitsch (but not generalized Kac-Moody algebras à la Borcherds). The authors prove that every generalized root system has a Coxeter groupoid coming with a natural faithful representation which therefore is the natural analogue of the Weyl group of a classical root system. This answers a question of \textit{V. Serganova} [Commun. Algebra 24, No. 13, 4281-4299 (1996; Zbl 0902.17002)]. Moreover, the Coxeter groupoid satisfies a weak exchange property and as a consequence an analogue of Matsumoto's theorem. The paper concludes with two examples, one being a finite dimensional simple Lie superalgebra of type \(D\) and one appearing in the classification of Nichols algebras but being neither related to Kac-Moody algebras nor to Lie superalgebras. Both examples show that the natural generalization of the exchange condition from Coxeter groups to Coxeter groupoids does not always hold.