Reflection groups and invariant theory
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The subject of the book are finite subgroups of \(\text{GL}(V)\) (\(V\) a finite-dimensional vector space) generated by linear bijections of \(V\) whose fixed spaces are hyperplanes, and the invariant theory associated with such groups. The first part of the book consists of the following chapters. Reflection groups, root systems, fundamental systems, length, parabolic subgroups, reflection groups and Coxeter systems, bilinear forms of Coxeter systems, classification of Coxeter systems and reflection groups, Weyl groups, the classification of crystallographic root systems, affine Weyl groups, subroot systems, formal identities (Mac Donald and Weyl identity). This is roughly the material of \textit{N. Bourbaki}, Groupes et algèbres de Lie, chapitres 4, 5 et 6 (1968; Zbl 0186.33001), when the material on Tits systems and BN-pairs is excluded. The second part of the book studies invariant theory. It leads to the Chevalley-Bourbaki-Shepard-Todd Theorem (1954): Let \(V\) be a finite-dimensional vector space over a field and \(G\) a finite subgroup of \(\text{GL}(V)\) such that the characteristic of the field does not divide \(|G|\). Then \(G\) is generated by simple mappings (`pseudo-reflections') if and only if its ring of invariants is a polynomial algebra. The third part deals with subgroups and conjugacy classes in finite Coxeter groups, eigenvalues and Coxeter elements. Also Carter's result that each element of a Weyl group is a product of two involutions is mentioned. A selection of nearly a dozen of books on reflection groups and invariant theory is available. Some of these books involve applications to Lie theory or crystallography. The present book does not study Lie algebras but many other non-standard items, e.g. the Cohen-Macauley-property of the ring of invariants, generalized invariants, and Hopf algebras in order to characterize pseudo-reflection groups in terms of harmonic elements. The book is intended to be a graduate text. However, it includes also very elementary arguments, e.g. a proof is given to the fact that a vector space over an infinite field is not a union of a finite number of proper subspaces. On the other hand, some proofs include phrases like `...now it is easy to deduce that...' where to me this seems not appropriate. The author gives (mainly in the basic parts of the book) extensive comments. Some readers may appreciate this, others may prefer a more rigid restriction to precise definitions and statements of facts and brief complete proofs. For example, a student who has never heard about free groups may want to read a precise definition of a free group with relations (page 11). The term `reflection' is used in several meanings. The definition on page 154 reads: a reflection on \(V\) (a finite-dimensional vector space) is a diagonalizable isomorphism \(V\to V\) which is not the identity map but leaves a hyperplane \(H\subseteq V\) pointwise invariant. Then it is claimed that the definition reduces in the case of the reals to `those previously considered for Euclidean space'. This sounds confusing. The traditional terms reflection and pseudo-reflection successfully defy terms used in literature on classical groups (a linear automorphism \(\varphi\) of a vector space is called simple if \(\dim V(1_V-\varphi)=1\); a simple mapping with \(V(1_V-\varphi)\subseteq\text{kernel}(1_V-\varphi)\) is called a transvection; a simple mapping in an orthogonal group is called a symmetry; and so on). Angles and angle-measures are among the most obscure concepts in elementary geometry. What precisely is meant by a `rotation through twice the angle between \(\alpha,\beta\)'? The proof of Lemma D on page 13 ends with the phrase `the following picture illustrates that \(\beta\) is moved (in this case, clockwise) through twice the angle between \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\)'. There are some errors; examples: On page 72 it is claimed that any two vectors of a root system \(\Delta\) fulfill: \(s_\alpha s_\beta\) has order \(m\) if and only if \((\alpha,\beta)=-\cos(\tfrac{\pi}{m})\) (\(s_\alpha\) denotes the symmetry with negative space \(\langle\alpha\rangle\)). In the definition of a Coxeter group (page 66) the requirement \(m_{ss'}=m_{s's}\) does not appear. The book is certainly a good source of information mainly in the more advanced areas of the subject. The references compile nearly a hundred articles and books.
- Mirrors and reflections. The geometry of finite reflection groups.
- Idempotent lattices, Renner monoids and cross section lattices of the special orthogonal algebraic monoids.
- Exploring the tensor networks/AdS correspondence
- Hultman elements for the hyperoctahedral groups
- Normalisers of parabolic subgroups in finite unitary reflection groups
- Highest weight theory for finite-dimensional graded algebras with triangular decomposition
- Consolidation for compact constraints and Kendall tau LP decodable permutation codes
- Riesz potentials of Radon measures associated to reflection groups
- Lyashko-Looijenga morphisms and submaximal factorizations of a Coxeter element
- Quasiinvariants of \(S_{3}\)
- Generalized exponents and forms.
- Walls in Milnor fiber complexes
- Reflection fusion categories
- Geometry and combinatorics of groups generated by reflections
- A structure theorem for Harish-Chandra bimodules via coinvariants and Golod rings
- The smoothness of convolutions of zonal measures on compact symmetric spaces
- Invariant theory for coincidental complex reflection groups
- Harmonic differential forms for pseudo-reflection groups. I: Semi-invariants
- On \(A_1^2\) restrictions of Weyl arrangements
- Towards the classification of symplectic linear quotient singularities admitting a symplectic resolution
- On the splitting principle for cohomological invariants of reflection groups
- Counting chains in the noncrossing partition lattice via the \(W\)-Laplacian
- A note on the discriminant of reflection Hopf algebras
- The Laplacian with mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions on Weyl chambers
- Poisson Noether's problem and Poisson rationality
- Groupes de Coxeter finis: involutions et cubes
- Noncommutative Noether's problem vs classic Noether's problem
- On the decomposability of mod 2 cohomological invariants of Weyl groups
- On generalized invariants of cyclic groups
- On the invariants of root subgroups of finite classical groups
- Power sum decompositions of defining equations of reflection arrangements
- Partial symmetry, reflection monoids and Coxeter groups.
- Equivariant de Rham cohomology: theory and applications
- Coulomb branch quantization and abelianized monopole bubbling
- Maximal closed subroot systems of real affine root systems
- Weak Z-property of the absolute order on groups generated by sets closed under taking inverses
- Generating functions for orthogonal polynomials of \(A_{2}\), \(C_{2}\) and \(G_{2}\)
- The equivariant cohomology ring of a cohomogeneity-one action
- Irreducible modular representations of the reflection group \(G(m, 1, n)\)
- A result on generating root systems by linearly independent subsets
- An integrality theorem of root systems
- Generalized exponents and forms
- Drinfeld orbifold algebras for symmetric groups
- Linear gradings of polynomial algebras
- Subgroup majorization.
- Equivariant cohomology of cohomogeneity one actions
- Cherednik, Hecke and quantum algebras as free Frobenius and Calabi-Yau extensions
- New strings for old Veneziano amplitudes. II: group-theoretic treatment
- Orders of the Renner monoids.
- Rings of invariants of modular \(p\)-groups which are hypersurfaces
- Equivariant formality of isotropic torus actions
- Classification of vertex-transitive zonotopes
- Symmetry in multivariate ideal interpolation
- Fermionic diagonal coinvariants and exterior Lefschetz elements
- Hurwitz numbers for reflection groups
- A type \(B\) analog of the Whitehouse representation
- Modular invariants for some finite modular pseudo-reflection groups
- Generic representations in L-packets
- Cohomology for quantum groups via the geometry of the nullcone.
- Pseudo-reflection groups and essential dimension.
- Counting factorizations of Coxeter elements into products of reflections.
- Extending tensors on polar manifolds
- Poincaré duality and Steinberg's theorem on rings of coinvariants
- Reflection Groups
- Polynomial invariants of certain pseudo-symplectic groups over finite fields of characteristic two
- Reflection subgroups of finite and affine Weyl groups.
- Strong reality properties of normalizers of parabolic subgroups in finite Coxeter groups.
- Modular invariants under the actions of some reflection groups related to Weyl groups
- The construction of G-invariant finite tight frames
- Poincaré duality algebras and rings of coinvariants
- Coloring the Voronoi tessellation of lattices
- Generalized Involution Models of Projective Reflection Groups
- An algebraic introduction to complex reflection groups
- Projective normality of Weyl group quotients
- Modular irreducible representations of Weyl groups of type \(B_n\).
- A geometric interpretation of the characteristic polynomial of reflection arrangements
- Projective normality of finite group quotients
- Generalized noncrossing partitions and combinatorics of Coxeter groups
- On linearly Kleiman groups
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3927214 (Why is no real title available?)
- A (very short) introduction to buildings
- Torsion in equivariant cohomology and Cohen-Macaulay G-actions
- Categorifying fractional Euler characteristics, Jones-Wenzl projectors and 3j-symbols
- Reflection groups and discrete integrable systems
- Support properties of the intertwining and the mean value operators in Dunkl theory
- Classification of reflection subgroups minimally containing p-Sylow subgroups
- An introduction to Dunkl theory and its analytic aspects
- A counter-example to Martino's conjecture about generic Calogero-Moser families.
- Discriminants in the invariant theory of reflection groups
- The Hessian map in the invariant theory of reflection groups
- Using symmetries in the index calculus for elliptic curves discrete logarithm
- Relatively free invariant algebras of finite reflection groups
- Volume mean operator and differentiation results associated to root systems
- Derivatives of orbital function and an extension of Berezin-Gel'fand's theorem
- The Hurwitz action in complex reflection groups
- Characterization and enumeration of reflectable bases of types E6,7,8
- Algorithms for fundamental invariants and equivariants of finite groups
- The absolute continuity of convolutions of orbital measures in symmetric spaces
- Examples of Simply Reducible Groups
- On non-conjugate Coxeter elements in well-generated reflection groups
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