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NONORTHOGONAL GEOMETRIC REALIZATIONS OF COXETER GROUPS

Part of: Special aspects of infinite or finite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2014

XIANG FU
XIANG FU*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia email [email protected]
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Abstract

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We define in an axiomatic fashion a Coxeter datum for an arbitrary Coxeter group $\def \xmlpi #1{}\def \mathsfbi #1{\boldsymbol {\mathsf {#1}}}\let \le =\leqslant \let \leq =\leqslant \let \ge =\geqslant \let \geq =\geqslant \def \Pr {\mathit {Pr}}\def \Fr {\mathit {Fr}}\def \Rey {\mathit {Re}}W$. This Coxeter datum will specify a pair of reflection representations of $W$ in two vector spaces linked only by a bilinear pairing without any integrality or nondegeneracy requirements. These representations are not required to be embeddings of $W$ in the orthogonal group of any vector space, and they give rise to a pair of inter-related root systems generalizing the classical root systems of Coxeter groups. We obtain comparison results between these nonorthogonal root systems and the classical root systems. Further, we study the equivalent of the Tits cone in these nonorthogonal representations.

Keywords

Coxeter groupsKac–Moody Lie algebrasroot systemsTits cone

MSC classification

Secondary: 20F55: Reflection and Coxeter groups 20F10: Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata 20F65: Geometric group theory
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 97 , Issue 2 , October 2014 , pp. 180 - 211
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc. 

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