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In mathematics, a complex reflection group is a finite group acting on a finite-dimensional complex vector space that is generated by complex reflections: non-trivial elements that fix a complex hyperplane pointwise. Complex reflection groups arise in the study of the invariant theory of polynomial rings. In the mid-20th century, they were completely classified in work of Shephard and Todd. Special cases include the symmetric group of permutations, the dihedral groups, and more generally all finite real reflection groups (the Coxeter groups or Weyl groups, including the symmetry groups of regular polyhedra).

Definition

A (complex) reflection r (sometimes also called pseudo reflection or unitary reflection) of a finite-dimensional complex vector space V is an element rGL(V) of finite order that fixes a complex hyperplane pointwise, that is, the fixed-space Fix(r):=ker(rIdV) has codimension 1. A (finite) complex reflection group WGL(V) is a finite subgroup of GL(V) that is generated by reflections.

Properties

Any real reflection group becomes a complex reflection group if we extend the scalars from R to C. In particular, all finite Coxeter groups or Weyl groups give examples of complex reflection groups. A complex reflection group W is irreducible if the only W-invariant proper subspace of the corresponding vector space is the origin. In this case, the dimension of the vector space is called the rank of W. The Coxeter number h of an irreducible complex reflection group W of rank n is defined as h=||+|𝒜|n where denotes the set of reflections and 𝒜 denotes the set of reflecting hyperplanes. In the case of real reflection groups, this definition reduces to the usual definition of the Coxeter number for finite Coxeter systems.

Classification

Any complex reflection group is a product of irreducible complex reflection groups, acting on the sum of the corresponding vector spaces.[1] So it is sufficient to classify the irreducible complex reflection groups. The irreducible complex reflection groups were classified by G. C. Shephard and J. A. Todd (1954). They proved that every irreducible belonged to an infinite family G(m, p, n) depending on 3 positive integer parameters (with p dividing m) or was one of 34 exceptional cases, which they numbered from 4 to 37.[2] The group G(m, 1, n) is the generalized symmetric group; equivalently, it is the wreath product of the symmetric group Sym(n) by a cyclic group of order m. As a matrix group, its elements may be realized as monomial matrices whose nonzero elements are mth roots of unity. The group G(m, p, n) is an index-p subgroup of G(m, 1, n). G(m, p, n) is of order mnn!/p. As matrices, it may be realized as the subset in which the product of the nonzero entries is an (m/p)th root of unity (rather than just an mth root). Algebraically, G(m, p, n) is a semidirect product of an abelian group of order mn/p by the symmetric group Sym(n); the elements of the abelian group are of the form (θa1, θa2, ..., θan), where θ is a primitive mth root of unity and Σai ≡ 0 mod p, and Sym(n) acts by permutations of the coordinates.[3] The group G(m,p,n) acts irreducibly on Cn except in the cases m = 1, n > 1 (the symmetric group) and G(2, 2, 2) (the Klein four-group). In these cases, Cn splits as a sum of irreducible representations of dimensions 1 and n − 1.

Special cases of G(m, p, n)

Coxeter groups

When m = 2, the representation described in the previous section consists of matrices with real entries, and hence in these cases G(m,p,n) is a finite Coxeter group. In particular:[4]

In addition, when m = p and n = 2, the group G(p, p, 2) is the dihedral group of order 2p; as a Coxeter group, type I2(p) = [p] = File:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel labelp.png (and the Weyl group G2 when p = 6).

Other special cases and coincidences

The only cases when two groups G(m, p, n) are isomorphic as complex reflection groups[clarification needed] are that G(ma, pa, 1) is isomorphic to G(mb, pb, 1) for any positive integers a, b (and both are isomorphic to the cyclic group of order m/p). However, there are other cases when two such groups are isomorphic as abstract groups. The groups G(3, 3, 2) and G(1, 1, 3) are isomorphic to the symmetric group Sym(3). The groups G(2, 2, 3) and G(1, 1, 4) are isomorphic to the symmetric group Sym(4). Both G(2, 1, 2) and G(4, 4, 2) are isomorphic to the dihedral group of order 8. And the groups G(2p, p, 1) are cyclic of order 2, as is G(1, 1, 2).

List of irreducible complex reflection groups

There are a few duplicates in the first 3 lines of this list; see the previous section for details.

  • ST is the Shephard–Todd number of the reflection group.
  • Rank is the dimension of the complex vector space the group acts on.
  • Structure describes the structure of the group. The symbol * stands for a central product of two groups. For rank 2, the quotient by the (cyclic) center is the group of rotations of a tetrahedron, octahedron, or icosahedron (T = Alt(4), O = Sym(4), I = Alt(5), of orders 12, 24, 60), as stated in the table. For the notation 21+4, see extra special group.
  • Order is the number of elements of the group.
  • Reflections describes the number of reflections: 26412 means that there are 6 reflections of order 2 and 12 of order 4.
  • Degrees gives the degrees of the fundamental invariants of the ring of polynomial invariants. For example, the invariants of group number 4 form a polynomial ring with 2 generators of degrees 4 and 6.
ST Rank Structure and names Coxeter names Order Reflections Degrees Codegrees
1 n−1 Symmetric group G(1,1,n) = Sym(n) n! 2n(n − 1)/2 2, 3, ...,n 0,1,...,n − 2
2 n G(m,p,n) m > 1, n > 1, p|m (G(2,2,2) is reducible) mnn!/p 2mn(n−1)/2,dnφ(d) (d|m/pd > 1) m,2m,..,(n − 1)m; mn/p 0,m,..., (n − 1)m if p < m; 0,m,...,(n − 2)m, (n − 1)m − n if p = m
2 2 G(p,1,2) p > 1, p[4]2 or File:CDel pnode.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel node.png 2p2 2p,d2φ(d) (d|pd > 1) p; 2p 0,p
2 2 Dihedral group G(p,p,2) p > 2 [p] or File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel p.pngFile:CDel node.png 2p 2p 2,p 0,p-2
3 1 Cyclic group G(p,1,1) = Zp p[] or File:CDel pnode.png p dφ(d) (d|pd > 1) p 0
4 2 W(L2), Z2.T 3[3]3 or File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.png, ⟨2,3,3⟩ 24 38 4,6 0,2
5 2 Z6.T 3[4]3 or File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel 3node.png 72 316 6,12 0,6
6 2 Z4.T 3[6]2 or File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 6.pngFile:CDel node.png 48 2638 4,12 0,8
7 2 Z12.T ‹3,3,3›2 or ⟨2,3,3⟩6 144 26316 12,12 0,12
8 2 Z4.O 4[3]4 or File:CDel 4node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 4node.png 96 26412 8,12 0,4
9 2 Z8.O 4[6]2 or File:CDel 4node.pngFile:CDel 6.pngFile:CDel node.png or ⟨2,3,4⟩4 192 218412 8,24 0,16
10 2 Z12.O 4[4]3 or File:CDel 4node.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel 3node.png 288 26316412 12,24 0,12
11 2 Z24.O ⟨2,3,4⟩12 576 218316412 24,24 0,24
12 2 Z2.O= GL2(F3) ⟨2,3,4⟩ 48 212 6,8 0,10
13 2 Z4.O ⟨2,3,4⟩2 96 218 8,12 0,16
14 2 Z6.O 3[8]2 or File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 8.pngFile:CDel node.png 144 212316 6,24 0,18
15 2 Z12.O ⟨2,3,4⟩6 288 218316 12,24 0,24
16 2 Z10.I, ⟨2,3,5⟩×Z5 5[3]5 or File:CDel 5node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 5node.png 600 548 20,30 0,10
17 2 Z20.I 5[6]2 or File:CDel 5node.pngFile:CDel 6.pngFile:CDel node.png 1200 230548 20,60 0,40
18 2 Z30.I 5[4]3 or File:CDel 5node.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel 3node.png 1800 340548 30,60 0,30
19 2 Z60.I ⟨2,3,5⟩30 3600 230340548 60,60 0,60
20 2 Z6.I 3[5]3 or File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 5.pngFile:CDel 3node.png 360 340 12,30 0,18
21 2 Z12.I 3[10]2 or File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 10.pngFile:CDel node.png 720 230340 12,60 0,48
22 2 Z4.I ⟨2,3,5⟩2 240 230 12,20 0,28
23 3 W(H3) = Z2 × PSL2(5) [5,3], File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 5.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.png 120 215 2,6,10 0,4,8
24 3 W(J3(4)) = Z2 × PSL2(7), Klein [1 1 14]4, File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 4split1.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel label4.png 336 221 4,6,14 0,8,10
25 3 W(L3) = W(P3) = 31+2.SL2(3) Hessian 3[3]3[3]3, File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.png 648 324 6,9,12 0,3,6
26 3 W(M3) =Z2 ×31+2.SL2(3) Hessian 2[4]3[3]3, File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.png 1296 29 324 6,12,18 0,6,12
27 3 W(J3(5)) = Z2 ×(Z3.Alt(6)), Valentiner [1 1 15]4, File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 4split1.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel label5.png
[1 1 14]5, File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 5split1.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel label4.png
2160 245 6,12,30 0,18,24
28 4 W(F4) = (SL2(3)* SL2(3)).(Z2 × Z2) [3,4,3], File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.png 1152 212+12 2,6,8,12 0,4,6,10
29 4 W(N4) = (Z4*21 + 4).Sym(5) [1 1 2]4, File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 4split1.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.png 7680 240 4,8,12,20 0,8,12,16
30 4 W(H4) = (SL2(5)*SL2(5)).Z2 [5,3,3], File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 5.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.png 14400 260 2,12,20,30 0,10,18,28
31 4 W(EN4) = W(O4) = (Z4*21 + 4).Sp4(2) 46080 260 8,12,20,24 0,12,16,28
32 4 W(L4) = Z3 × Sp4(3) 3[3]3[3]3[3]3, File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.png 155520 380 12,18,24,30 0,6,12,18
33 5 W(K5) = Z2 ×Ω5(3) = Z2 × PSp4(3)= Z2 × PSU4(2) [1 2 2]3, File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3split1.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel 3ab.pngFile:CDel nodes.png 51840 245 4,6,10,12,18 0,6,8,12,14
34 6 W(K6)= Z3
6
(3).Z2, Mitchell's group
[1 2 3]3, File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3split1.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel 3ab.pngFile:CDel nodes.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.png 39191040 2126 6,12,18,24,30,42 0,12,18,24,30,36
35 6 W(E6) = SO5(3) = O
6
(2) = PSp4(3).Z2 = PSU4(2).Z2
[32,2,1], File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel split1.pngFile:CDel nodes.pngFile:CDel 3ab.pngFile:CDel nodes.png 51840 236 2,5,6,8,9,12 0,3,4,6,7,10
36 7 W(E7) = Z2 ×Sp6(2) [33,2,1], File:CDel nodea.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.png 2903040 263 2,6,8,10,12,14,18 0,4,6,8,10,12,16
37 8 W(E8)= Z2.O+
8
(2)
[34,2,1], File:CDel nodea.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.png 696729600 2120 2,8,12,14,18,20,24,30 0,6,10,12,16,18,22,28

For more information, including diagrams, presentations, and codegrees of complex reflection groups, see the tables in (Michel Broué, Gunter Malle & Raphaël Rouquier 1998).

Degrees

Shephard and Todd proved that a finite group acting on a complex vector space is a complex reflection group if and only if its ring of invariants is a polynomial ring (Chevalley–Shephard–Todd theorem). For being the rank of the reflection group, the degrees d1d2d of the generators of the ring of invariants are called degrees of W and are listed in the column above headed "degrees". They also showed that many other invariants of the group are determined by the degrees as follows:

  • The center of an irreducible reflection group is cyclic of order equal to the greatest common divisor of the degrees.
  • The order of a complex reflection group is the product of its degrees.
  • The number of reflections is the sum of the degrees minus the rank.
  • An irreducible complex reflection group comes from a real reflection group if and only if it has an invariant of degree 2.
  • The degrees di satisfy the formula i=1(q+di1)=wWqdim(Vw).

Codegrees

For being the rank of the reflection group, the codegrees d1*d2*d* of W can be defined by i=1(qdi*1)=wWdet(w)qdim(Vw).

  • For a real reflection group, the codegrees are the degrees minus 2.
  • The number of reflection hyperplanes is the sum of the codegrees plus the rank.

Well-generated complex reflection groups

By definition, every complex reflection group is generated by its reflections. The set of reflections is not a minimal generating set, however, and every irreducible complex reflection groups of rank n has a minimal generating set consisting of either n or n + 1 reflections. In the former case, the group is said to be well-generated. The property of being well-generated is equivalent to the condition di+di*=d for all 1i. Thus, for example, one can read off from the classification that the group G(m, p, n) is well-generated if and only if p = 1 or m. For irreducible well-generated complex reflection groups, the Coxeter number h defined above equals the largest degree, h=d. A reducible complex reflection group is said to be well-generated if it is a product of irreducible well-generated complex reflection groups. Every finite real reflection group is well-generated.

Shephard groups

The well-generated complex reflection groups include a subset called the Shephard groups. These groups are the symmetry groups of regular complex polytopes. In particular, they include the symmetry groups of regular real polyhedra. The Shephard groups may be characterized as the complex reflection groups that admit a "Coxeter-like" presentation with a linear diagram. That is, a Shephard group has associated positive integers p1, ..., pn and q1, ..., qn − 1 such that there is a generating set s1, ..., sn satisfying the relations

(si)pi=1 for i = 1, ..., n,
sisj=sjsi if |ij|>1,

and

sisi+1sisi+1=si+1sisi+1si where the products on both sides have qi terms, for i = 1, ..., n − 1.

This information is sometimes collected in the Coxeter-type symbol p1[q1]p2[q2] ... [qn − 1]pn, as seen in the table above. Among groups in the infinite family G(m, p, n), the Shephard groups are those in which p = 1. There are also 18 exceptional Shephard groups, of which three are real.[5][6]

Cartan matrices

An extended Cartan matrix defines the unitary group. Shephard groups of rank n group have n generators. Ordinary Cartan matrices have diagonal elements 2, while unitary reflections do not have this restriction.[7] For example, the rank 1 group of order p (with symbols p[], File:CDel pnode.png) is defined by the 1 × 1 matrix [1e2πi/p]. Given: ζp=e2πi/p,ω=ζ3=e2πi/3=12(1+i3),ζ4=e2πi/4=i,ζ5=e2πi/5=14((51)+i2(5+5)),τ=1+52,λ=1+i72,ω=1+i32.

Rank 1
Group Cartan Group Cartan
2[] File:CDel node.png [2] 3[] File:CDel 3node.png [1ω]
4[] File:CDel 4node.png [1i] 5[] File:CDel 5node.png [1ζ5]
Rank 2
Group Cartan Group Cartan
G4 3[3]3 File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.png [1ω1ω1ω] G5 3[4]3 File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel 3node.png [1ω12ω1ω]
G6 2[6]3 File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 6.pngFile:CDel 3node.png [211ω+iω21ω] G8 4[3]4 File:CDel 4node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 4node.png [1i1i1i]
G9 2[6]4 File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 6.pngFile:CDel 4node.png [21(1+2)ζ81+i] G10 3[4]4 File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel 4node.png [1ω1iω1i]
G14 3[8]2 File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 8.pngFile:CDel node.png [1ω11ω+ω222] G16 5[3]5 File:CDel 5node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 5node.png [1ζ51ζ51ζ5]
G17 2[6]5 File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 6.pngFile:CDel 5node.png [211ζ5iζ31ζ5] G18 3[4]5 File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel 5node.png [1ω1ωζ51ζ5]
G20 3[5]3 File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 5.pngFile:CDel 3node.png [1ω1ω(τ2)1ω] G21 2[10]3 File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 10.pngFile:CDel 3node.png [211ωiω2τ1ω]
Rank 3
Group Cartan Group Cartan
G22 <5,3,2>2 [2τ+i1i+1τi12ii1i2] G23 [5,3] File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 5.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.png [2τ0τ21012]
G24 [1 1 14]4 File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 4split1.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel label4.png [21λ1211+λ12] G25 3[3]3[3]3 File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.png [1ωω20ω21ωω20ω21ω]
G26 3[3]3[4]2 File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel node.png [1ωω20ω21ω101+ω2] G27 [1 1 15]4 File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 4split1.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel label5.png [2τωτ2ω2ω2ω2]
Rank 4
Group Cartan Group Cartan
G28 [3,4,3] File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 4.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.png [2100122001210012] G29 [1 1 2]4 File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 4split1.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel 3a.pngFile:CDel nodea.png [21i+1012i0i+1i210012]
G30 [5,3,3] File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 5.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel node.png [2τ00τ21001210012] G32 3[3]3[3]3 File:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.pngFile:CDel 3.pngFile:CDel 3node.png [1ωω200ω21ωω200ω21ωω200ω21ω]
Rank 5
Group Cartan Group Cartan
G31 O4 [21i+10i+112i00i+1i21i+100121i+10i+112] G33 [1 2 2]3 File:CDel node.pngFile:CDel 3split1.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel 3ab.pngFile:CDel nodes.png [2100012110012ω001ω22ω2000ω2]

See also

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