The parking-number identity for arbitrary finite Coxeter systems

Let (W,S)(W,S) be an irreducible finite Coxeter system with Coxeter number hh, let c⃗\vec{c} be a Coxeter word in SS, let p>0p>0 be an integer coprime to hh, and let J⊆SJ\subseteq S. Define the rational parabolic \X\X-parking numbers by

\ParkW,pJ,±(\X)=∏i=1∣J∣[p±eiJ,p]\X[diJ]\X,\Park_{W,p}^{J,\pm}(\X)=\prod_{i=1}^{|J|}\frac{[p\pm e_i^{J,p}]_\X}{[d_i^J]_\X},

where d1J,…,d∣J∣Jd_1^J,\ldots,d_{|J|}^J are the fundamental degrees of WJW_J, e1J,p,…,e∣J∣J,pe_1^{J,p},\ldots,e_{|J|}^{J,p} are the exponents or fake degrees of the WJW_J-action on the Galois-conjugate reflection representation dual Vp∗\sf{V}_p^*, and [k]\X=1+\X+⋯+\Xk−1[k]_\X=1+\X+\cdots+\X^{k-1}. The parking-number identity. The crystallographic identity

\ParkW,pJ,±(\X)=1(\X−1)r∑v∈WJ,∓∑ω⃗∈D(v)(c⃗p)\X∣dω⃗∣(\X−1)∣eω⃗∣\Park_{W,p}^{J,\pm}(\X)=\frac{1}{(\X-1)^r}\sum_{v\in W^{J,\mp}}\sum_{\vec{\omega}\in\cal{D}^{(v)}(\vec{c}^{p})}\X^{|\sf{d}_{\vec{\omega}}|}(\X-1)^{|\sf{e}_{\vec{\omega}}|}

should hold for every irreducible finite Coxeter system, with the same notation and the sign flip as in the crystallographic theorem. This would extend the stated parking-number formula beyond crystallographic Coxeter systems to the full irreducible finite Coxeter setting.

References

Primary source

Minh-Tâm Quang Trinh and Nathan Williams, “Partial Resolutions and Noncrossing Combinatorics”, arXiv:2601.17293 (2026).

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