The Coxeter group \(D_n\) (Q5926153)

The authors show that the Coxeter group \(D_n\) is the split extension of \(n-1\) copies of \(\mathbb{Z}_2\) by \(S_n\) for a given action of \(S_n\) and show that \(D_4\) is solvable of derived length 4 and if \(n>4\), then \(D_n\) is not solvable. The authors also find that the centre of \(D_n\) is \(\mathbb{Z}_2\) if \(n\) is even and trivial if \(n\) is odd. The authors also compute the growth series, in the sense of Milnor and Gromov, of \(D_n\) for \(4\leq n\leq 8\).