Reflection groups acting on their hyperplanes.
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Reflection groups acting on their hyperplanes.
zbMATH Open document ID: 1188.20036
author: Ivan Marin
published in: Journal of Algebra
publication date: 2010-01-11T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0384
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 \(W\).
reviewed by: Erich W. Ellers
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20F55
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51F15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 52C35
zbMATH DE Number: 5655725
zbMATH Keywords: reflection arrangements
zbMATH Keywords: reflection groups
zbMATH Keywords: quadratic forms
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
OpenAlex ID: W2963793470
arXiv ID: 0809.0384
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DOI: 10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2009.08.005
description: scientific article