Questions tagged [reflection-group]

Apt for questions related to reflection group (discrete group which is generated by a set of reflections of a finite-dimensional Euclidean space).

In group theory and geometry, a reflection group is a discrete group which is generated by a set of reflections of a finite-dimensional Euclidean space. The symmetry group of a regular polytope or of a tiling of the Euclidean space by congruent copies of a regular polytope is necessarily a reflection group. Reflection groups also include Weyl groups and crystallographic Coxeter groups. While the orthogonal group is generated by reflections (by the Cartan–Dieudonné theorem), it is a continuous group (indeed, Lie group), not a discrete group, and is generally considered separately.

Let $E$ be a finite-dimensional Euclidean space. A finite reflection group is a subgroup of the general linear group of $E$ which is generated by a set of orthogonal reflections across hyperplanes passing through the origin. An affine reflection group is a discrete subgroup of the affine group of $E$ that is generated by a set of affine reflections of $E$ (without the requirement that the reflection hyperplanes pass through the origin).

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The rotation symmetry group and the reflection group: Is there a name for what they have in common?

When I turn on my monitor, the brand name fills the screen. But since I mounted my monitor upside down so I can watch it in bed looking up, the power-on screen is upside down. But I noticed that it could also be the result of being flipped both…
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120 cell generated from quaternions

The two quaternions $\omega={1\over 2}(-1,1,1,1)$ and $q={1\over 4}(0,2,\sqrt{5}+1,\sqrt{5}-1)$ generate a finite group under multiplication with 120 elements that form the vertices of a 600 cell, when considered as vectors of ${\mathbb R}^4$. I…
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Young Diagrams and Branching Symmetric irreps to Dihedral irreps

In this question I asked whether there exists some formula that computes the multiplicity of the irreps occuring in the branching rules from $S_n$ to $C_n = \langle r : r^n = 1 \rangle$ where we embed $C_n$ into $S_n$ by mapping a generator $r$ to…
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Realisation of affine Coxeter groups as reflection groups

Let $M=(m_{i,j})$ be a Cartan matrix, with rows and columns indexed by a finite set $I$. Let $W=\langle x_i,i\in I|(x_ix_j)^{m_{i,j}}=1\rangle$ be the associated Coxeter group. We can define a symmetric bilinear form $(-,-)$ on an $\vert…
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Explicit correspondence between irreducible representations of $S_n$ and conjugacy classes/partitions?

I'm fairly new to this, so sorry if I'm missing something obvious. I know that the number of equivalence classes of irreducible representations is the same as the number of conjugacy classes/partitions, I understand how conjugacy classes are…
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How to identify this group generated by these reflections in $\mathbb R^2$?

This question was asked in the TIFR 2025 GS1 test (question number 16 in true-false section). Check whether the given statement is true or false: Let $\ell_1$ be the line in $\mathbb R^2$ joining $(0,0)$ and $(\frac{1}{2},\frac{\sqrt 3}2)$, and…
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At most two lengths of roots in an irreducible root system

I want to prove that in an irreducible root system $\Phi$, there are at most $2$ possible lengths for the roots of $\Phi$. Just to clarify, I have seen both posts Possible lenghts in an irreducible root system and Two questions on roots of finite,…
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what is the exact relation between Dedekind tessellation and modular group

In the wiki for the Modular Group the group ($\Gamma$) is described as a $(2,3,\infty)$. The page has a diagram for "a typical fundamental domain for the action of $\Gamma$ on the upper half-plane". I don't see how the fundamental region applies for…
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In a finite reflection group, an involution is a product of commuting reflections

I am working through the book Reflection Groups and Coxeter Groups by Humphreys. I got stuck while trying Exercise 1.12.3: If $w \in W$ is an involution, prove that $w$ can be written as a product of commuting reflections. The hint given says to…
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Smallest group that is not a complex reflection group

What is the smallest group which is not a complex reflection group? Many well known families of finite groups are complex reflection groups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_reflection_group For example: finite abelian groups, dihedral groups,…
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Generators of the monodromy generating braid groups

I'm reading the article 'Complex reflection groups, braid groups and Hecke algebras', by Broué, Malle and Rouquier, but I need some help with the 'generators of the monodromy' they defined and that generate the braid groups. In proposition 3.4 they…
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how to find reduced words for each element of reflection (Coxeter) group in GAP

I have a finite reflection (or Coxeter) group defined abstractly through the standard presentation $$(s_i s_j)^{c_{ij}}=1$$ For each of its elements I want to find the number of reduced words equal to it. Is this possible in GAP or one of its…
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Angles of the Fundamental Alcove (Chamber?)

I am trying to calculate the angles of the fundamental alcove (chamber?) for the root systems of type $B_2$, $C_2$, and $G_2$; the fundamental alcove (chamber?) forms a triangle in these cases, so I am trying to calculate the angles in a…
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Reflection Group of Type $D_n$

Here is the description of the reflection group of type $D_n$ in Humphreys' book Reflection Groups and Coxeter Groups: ($D_n$, $n \ge 4)$ Let $V = \Bbb{R}^n$, and define $\Phi$ to be the set of vectors of squared length $2$ in the standard lattice.…
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Reflection Group of Type $C_n$

In Humphreys' book Reflection Groups and Coexeter groups, he defines a group of type $B_n$ (for $n \ge 2$) in the following way: Let $V = \Bbb{R}^n$, and define $\Phi$ to be the set of all vectors of squared length $1$ or $2$ in the standard…
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