A characterization of total reflection orders
This article examines so-called total reflection orders, which are total orders on the set \(T\) of reflections of a Coxeter system \((W,S)\). The main result of the article is that total reflection orders are precisely KL-orders. A total reflection order is a total order \(\leq\) on \(T\) such that for any two positive roots \(\alpha,\beta\) of the Coxeter system, with \(r_\alpha\leq r_\beta\), if \(c\alpha+d\beta\) is also a positive root, then \(r_\alpha\leq r_{c\alpha+d\beta}\leq r_\beta\). A total order on \(T\) is a KL-order if it is stable, and each upper and lower \(s\)-conjugate of it is stable. The upper \(s\)-conjugate \(\leq^s\) of an order \(\leq\) is defined as follows (the lower \(s\)-conjugate is defined similarly). For each \(t\neq t'\in T\), we have \(t\leq^s t'\) if and only if \(t\leq t'\leq s\), or \(t\leq s\leq t'\), or \(s\leq sts\leq st's\), or \(t'=s\). Finally, a stable total order \(\leq\) is one such that for any \(s\in S\), the sets \(\{t\in T:t\leq s\}\) and \(\{t'\in T:s\leq t'\}\) are stable under conjugation by \(s\). As mentioned, the main result of the article is that a total order on \(T\) is a total reflection order if and only if it is a KL-order. This is of interest, since total reflection orders are used by Dyer and Brenti in separate articles to give formulas for the \(R\)-polynomials and the Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials. (See [\textit{M.~J.~Dyer}, Compos. Math. 89, No. 1, 91-115 (1993; Zbl 0817.20045)], [\textit{F.~Brenti}, J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 55, No. 3, 448-472 (1997; Zbl 0895.20029) and J. Am. Math. Soc. 11, No. 2, 229-259 (1998; Zbl 0904.20033)].) The article concludes by considering finite Coxeter systems, and Coxeter systems for which every proper parabolic subgroup is finite, and characterizing total reflection orders in these special cases.
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