Lewis's Hurwitz-orbit classification conjecture for finite Coxeter groups
Lewis's Hurwitz-orbit classification conjecture for finite Coxeter groups
Let be a finite Coxeter group and let be an arbitrary element. A reflection factorization of is a tuple of reflections whose product is , and the Hurwitz action acts on such factorizations by the standard Hurwitz moves. For a factorization , let
and consider the multiset of -conjugacy classes of its factors.
Lewis's conjecture. Two reflection factorizations of belong to the same Hurwitz orbit if and only if they generate the same subgroup and have the same multiset of -conjugacy classes.
The product, generated subgroup, and multiset of conjugacy classes are evident invariants of the Hurwitz action. The conjecture was originally posed for complex reflection groups, but the source notes counterexamples for minimum-length reflection factorizations in two exceptional complex reflection groups; the finite Coxeter-group formulation is the claim considered here.
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Theo Douvropoulos and Joel Brewster Lewis, “In which it is proven that, for each parabolic quasi-Coxeter element in a finite real reflection group, the orbits of the Hurwitz action on its reflection factorizations are distinguished by the two obvious invariants”, arXiv:2209.00774 (2023).
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