Weyl groups, lattices and geometric manifolds.
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Weyl groups, lattices and geometric manifolds.
zbMATH Open document ID: 1183.20039
author: Brent Everitt
author: R. B. Howlett
published in: Geometriae Dedicata
publication date: 2009-10-14T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2981
review text: The paper presents an algebraic construction of torsion free subgroups (both normal and non-normal) of small index in Coxeter groups which satisfy an admissibility condition introduced by the authors. The method is based on a study of the action of the Weyl group of a simple Lie algebra on its root lattice. The construction is then applied to certain non-cocompact hyperbolic reflection groups in dimensions \(n=4\), \(6\) and \(8\) where it allows to produce hyperbolic \(n\)-manifolds of very small volume. In particular, in dimensions \(4\) and \(6\) it gives rise to manifolds whose volume is only twice the volume of the smallest non-compact hyperbolic manifolds in these dimensions.
reviewed by: Mikhail Belolipetsky
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20F55
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57M50
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20E07
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20F05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 22E40
zbMATH DE Number: 5614984
zbMATH Keywords: Coxeter groups
zbMATH Keywords: hyperbolic manifolds
zbMATH Keywords: torsion free subgroups
zbMATH Keywords: hyperbolic reflection groups
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
OpenAlex ID: W2034402422
arXiv ID: 0802.2981
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DOI: 10.1007/S10711-009-9354-5
description: scientific article