The double coset conjecture for finite Coxeter groups

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Let WW be a finite Coxeter group with simple generators SS. For I,J⊂SI,J\subset S, let XIJX_{IJ} be the set of distinguished representatives used in the double-coset decomposition, and for b∈XIJb\in X_{IJ} define

W(I,J,b)={w∈W∣wJb−1=(wb−1)I},W(I,J,b)=\{w\in W\mid w^Jb^{-1}=(wb^{-1})_I\},

where (wJ,wJ)(w^J,w_J) and ((wb−1)I,(wb−1)I)((wb^{-1})^I,(wb^{-1})_I) are the parabolic components of ww and wb−1wb^{-1}, respectively. Double coset conjecture. If I,J⊂SI,J\subset S, then for all b∈XIJb\in X_{IJ},

∣W(I,J,b)∣=∣W(J,I,b−1)∣.|W(I,J,b)|=|W(J,I,b^{-1})|.

Hohlweg and collaborators proved the equality when b=eb=e, while the conjecture concerns arbitrary b∈XIJb\in X_{IJ} and is not established in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Christophe Hohlweg, “Properties of the Solomon homomorphism”, arXiv:math/0302309 (2003).

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