The Lehrer–Solomon conjecture for finite Coxeter groups

Let WW be a finite Coxeter group generated by a set SS of simple reflections. Let ΦS\Phi_S and ΨS\Psi_S denote the characters of the top components of the group algebra CW\mathbb{C}W and the Orlik–Solomon algebra A(W)A(W), respectively. Let C\mathcal{C} be the set of cuspidal conjugacy classes of WW, and choose wCCw_C\in C for each CCC\in\mathcal{C}. Lehrer–Solomon conjecture. For each class CCC\in\mathcal{C}, there exist linear characters φwC\varphi_{w_C} and ψwC\psi_{w_C} of CW(wC)C_W(w_C) such that

ΦS=CCIndCW(wC)WφwC,\Phi_S=\sum_{C\in\mathcal{C}}\operatorname{Ind}_{C_W(w_C)}^W\varphi_{w_C}, ΨS=CCIndCW(wC)WψwC,\Psi_S=\sum_{C\in\mathcal{C}}\operatorname{Ind}_{C_W(w_C)}^W\psi_{w_C},

and ψwC=φwCϵ\psi_{w_C}=\varphi_{w_C}\epsilon for all CCC\in\mathcal{C}, where ϵ\epsilon is the sign character of WW. This conjecture relates the top components of the group algebra and Orlik–Solomon algebra through induced linear characters of centralizers; it is known for symmetric groups and, according to the paper, is proved by the inductive approach for finite Coxeter groups of rank at most 22, while the general case remains open.

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J. Matthew Douglass, Goetz Pfeiffer and Gerhard Roehrle, “An Inductive Approach to Coxeter Arrangements and Solomon's Descent Algebra”, arXiv:1104.0551 (2011).

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