Reflection groups acting on their hyperplanes.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2009.08.005MaRDI QIDQ1048218zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ivan Marin

Publication date 11 January 2010

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0384

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic formsreflection arrangementsreflection groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Reflection groups, reflection geometries (51F15) Arrangements of points, flats, hyperplanes (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C35)

Abstract: After having established elementary results on the relationship between a finite complex (pseudo-)reflection group W < GL(V) and its reflection arrangement A, we prove that the action of W on A is canonically related with other natural representations of W, through a `periodic' family of representations of its braid group. We also prove that, when W is irreducible, then the squares of defining linear forms for A span the quadratic forms on V, which imply |A| >= n(n+1)/2 for n = dim V, and relate the W-equivariance of the corresponding map with the period of our family.

Review text

Let \(V\) be a finite-dimensional \(\mathbb{C}\)-vector space and let \(W\subset\text{GL}(V)\) be a finite pseudo-reflection group with corresponding hyperplane arrangement \(\mathcal A\). Assume \(\mathcal A\) is essential. For each \(H\in\mathcal A\) let \(\alpha_H\) denote some linear form with kernel \(H\). Let \(\mathbb{C}\mathcal A\) denote the complex vector space with basis \(\nu_H\), \(H\in\mathcal A\), and define a linear map \(\Phi\colon\mathbb{C}\mathcal A\to S^2V^*\) by \(\Phi(\nu_H)=\alpha^2_H\). The author proves, if \(\mathcal A\) is an essential reflection arrangement, then the mapping \(\Phi\) is surjective if and only if \(\mathcal A\) is irreducible. Further, using a family of representations of the braid group of \(W\), the author shows that the action of \(W\) on \(\mathcal A\) is canonically related to other natural representations of \(W\).

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