A refined count of Coxeter element reflection factorizations (Q1700797)

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    A refined count of Coxeter element reflection factorizations
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      A refined count of Coxeter element reflection factorizations (English)
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      22 February 2018
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      Summary: For well-generated complex reflection groups, \textit{G. Chapuy} and \textit{C. Stump} [J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 90, No. 3, 919--939 (2014; Zbl 1318.20039)] gave a simple product for a generating function counting reflection factorizations of a Coxeter element by their length. This is refined here to record the number of reflections used from each orbit of hyperplanes. The proof is case-by-case via the classification of well-generated groups. It implies a new expression for the Coxeter number, expressed via data coming from a hyperplane orbit; a case-free proof of this due to J. Michel is included.
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      reflection group
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      Coxeter element
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      factorization
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      well-generated group
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