A proof of Solomon's rule

DOI10.1006/JABR.1998.7427MaRDI QIDQ1270089zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stephanie van Willigenburg

Publication date 19 June 2001

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.2714

zbMATH Keywords

Coxeter groupsdescent algebrasmatrix interpretations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Representations of finite symmetric groups (20C30) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Other geometric groups, including crystallographic groups (20H15)

Abstract: We put forward a proof of Solomon's rule, in terms of matrices, for multiplication in the descent algebra of the symmetric group. Our proof exploits the graphs that we can obtain from all the subsets of the set of transpositions, ${(i,i+1)}_{i=1}^{n-1}$.

Review text

Let \(W\) be a Coxeter group. \textit{L. Solomon} [J. Algebra 41, 255-268 (1976; Zbl 0355.20007)] introduced the so-called descent algebra, which is a subalgebra of \(\mathbb{Q}[W]\). A revival of interest in this area began in the 1980s when applications were found for an interpretation of the rule for multiplying together basis elements of the descent algebra of the symmetric group. In this paper, in terms of matrices, the author gives a new proof of Solomon's rule for multiplication in the descent algebra of the Coxeter groups of type \(A\).

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