Combinatorial descriptions of biclosed sets in affine type

arXiv2207.05998MaRDI QIDQ6404801FDOQ6404801

Authors: Grant T. Barkley, David E Speyer 

Publication date: 13 July 2022

Abstract: Let $W$ be a Coxeter group and let $Ph{i}^{+}$ be its positive roots. A subset $B$ of $Ph{i}^{+}$ is called biclosed if, whenever we have roots $alpha$, $$ and $gamma$ with $$, if $alpha$ and $$ then $gammainB$ and, if $alpha$ and $$, then $gammaotinB$. The finite biclosed sets are the inversion sets of the elements of $W$, and the containment between finite inversion sets is the weak order on $W$. Matthew Dyer suggested studying the poset of all biclosed subsets of $Ph{i}^{+}$, ordered by containment, and conjectured that it is a complete lattice. As progress towards Dyer's conjecture, we classify all biclosed sets in the affine root systems. We provide both a type uniform description, and concrete models in the classical types $widetildeA$, $widetildeB$, $widetildeC$, $widetildeD$. We use our models to prove that biclosed sets form a complete lattice in types $widetildeA$ and $widetildeC$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Complete lattices, completions (06B23) Root systems (17B22)

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