On the Hurwitz action in finite Coxeter groups

From MaRDI portal
(Redirected from Publication:528913)



Abstract: We provide a necessary and sufficient condition on an element of a finite Coxeter group to ensure the transitivity of the Hurwitz action on its set of reduced decompositions into products of reflections. We show that this action is transitive if and only if the element is a parabolic quasi-Coxeter element, that is, if and only if it has a reduced decomposition into a product of reflections that generate a parabolic subgroup.


The authors deal with the dual approach to Coxeter groups as introduced by \textit{D. Bessis} [Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér. (4) 36, No. 5, 647--683 (2003; Zbl 1064.20039)], \textit{T. Brady} [Adv. Math. 161, No. 1, 20--40 (2001; Zbl 1011.20040)], and \textit{T. Brady} and \textit{C. Watt} [Geom. Dedicata 94, 225--250 (2002; Zbl 1053.20034)]. A dual Coxeter system is a Coxeter group together with the generating set of conjugates of all the elements of a simple system and a set of relations between these generators. The authors provide a necessary and sufficient condition on an element of a finite Coxeter group to ensure the transitivity of the Hurwitz action on its set of reduced decompositions. The main result that the authors obtain is the following: Theorem 1.1. Let \((W, T)\) be a finite, dual Coxeter system of rank \(n\) and let \(w \in W\). The Hurwitz action on \(\text{Red}_T (w)\) is transitive if and only if \(w\) is a parabolic quasi-Coxeter element for \((W, T)\).



Cites work


Cited in
(27)


Describes a project that uses

Uses Software






This page was built for publication: On the Hurwitz action in finite Coxeter groups

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q528913)