Twist-rigid Coxeter groups. (Q600820)

Let \(W\) be a finitely generated Coxeter group and \(S\subset W\) a Coxeter generating set. Let \(J\subset S\) and \(J^\bot\) the set of elements in \(S\setminus J\) that commute with \(J\). Let \(J\subset S\) be an irreducible spherical subset and assume that \(S\setminus (J\cup J^\bot)\) is a union of two subsets \(A\) and \(B\) such that \(a\) and \(b\) are not adjacent for all \(a\in A\) and \(b\in B\). An elementary twist is a map \(\tau\colon S\to W\) such that \(\tau(s)=s\) if \(s\in A\), and \(\tau(s)=w_Jsw_J\) if \(s\in S\setminus A\). A Coxeter generating set \(S\) is called twist-rigid if it does not admit any elementary twist. The main result that the authors obtain is the following: Let \(S\) and \(R\) be angle-compatible Coxeter generating sets for a group \(W\). If \(S\) is twist-rigid, then \(S\) and \(R\) are conjugate.