Formula for the reflection length of elements in the group \(G(m,p,n)\). (Q2460816)

Let \(G(m,p,n)\) be the reflection group consisting of all the \(n\times n\) monomial matrices \(w\) such that all the non-zero entries, say \(\theta_1,\dots,\theta_n\), of \(w\) are \(m\)-th roots of unity with \((\prod^n_{i=1}\theta_i)^{m/p}=1\), with \(p\in\{1,2,\dots,n\}\) and \(p\mid m\). The reflection length of \(w\), \(l_T(w)\), is the smallest possible number of factors among all such expressions. It is deduced a closed formula for the reflection length functions of the reflection group \(G(m,p,n)\). The formula is shown separately in three cases: \(p=1\), \(p=m\) and \(p\in\{2,\dots,m-1\}\).