Presentations of Coxeter groups of type \(A, B\), and \(D\) using prefix-reversal generators (Q6568913)

In the paper under review the authors provide three new presentations of Coxeter groups of type \(\mathsf{A}\), \(\mathsf{B}\), and \(\mathsf{D}\) using prefix reversals (pancake flips) as generators.\N\NIn Theorems 3.1, 4.1 and 5.1 they describe presentations of \(\mathsf{A}_{n}\), \(\mathsf{B}_{n}\), \(\mathsf{D}_{n}\) with \(n\) generators and a large number of relators (quadratic in \(n\)). They prove these presentations are of their respective groups using Tietze transformations to recover the well-known presentations with generators that are adjacent transpositions. They also provide a statement for the classic pancake problem for type \(\mathsf{D}\).\N\NAt the end of the paper, the authors write: ``The presentations that we have provided for each of these three types of Coxeter groups are by no means as elegant as the standard presentations. What makes these presentations worthwhile, though, is that they describe fundamental relators within the prefix reversals. Furthermore, these presentations serve as a starting point to applying computation group theory techniques within the pancake problem. At the very least, these presentations are of pedagogical use''.