Reflection subgroups of Coxeter systems (Q923730)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4171220
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    Reflection subgroups of Coxeter systems
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4171220

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      Reflection subgroups of Coxeter systems (English)
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      Let \((W,R)\) be a Coxeter system, \(T\) the set of reflections, \(W'=\langle W'\cap T\rangle\) a reflection subgroup. The author shows that a certain subset of \(T\) is a set of Coxeter generators of \(W'\). He also gives a geometric criterion for a set of reflections to be the set of canonical generators of a reflection subgroup and classifies the isomorphism types of reflection subgroups of affine Weyl groups.
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      root systems
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      cocycles
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      Coxeter systems
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      reflections
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      reflection subgroups
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      Coxeter generators
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      affine Weyl groups
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