Rank reduction of string C-group representations

DOI10.1090/PROC/14666zbMATH Open1447.20009arXiv1812.01055OpenAlexW2903400956WikidataQ128023735 ScholiaQ128023735MaRDI QIDQ5238121FDOQ5238121

Authors: Dimitri Leemans, Peter A. Brooksbank 

Publication date: 28 October 2019

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that a rank reduction technique for string C-group representations first used for the symmetric groups generalizes to arbitrary settings. The technique permits us, among other things, to prove that orthogonal groups defined on $d$-dimensional modules over fields of even order greater than 2 possess string C-group representations of all ranks $3leqrleqd$. The broad applicability of the rank reduction technique provides fresh impetus to construct, for suitable families of groups, string C-groups of highest possible rank. It also suggests that the alternating group $mAlt(11)$---the only known group having `rank gaps'---is perhaps more unusual than previously thought.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.01055

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zbMATH Keywords

Coxeter groupabstract regular polytopestring C-group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Symmetric groups (20B30) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Symmetry properties of polytopes (52B15)

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