
doi: 10.1007/bf01222681
Let \(K\) be a field of characteristic distinct from 2. Put \(K^n=V\), assume \(n\geq 2\), and let \(G\) be a subgroup of the general linear group \(\text{GL}_n(K)\). Suppose \(G\) is generated by the set \(S\) of all involutions \(\sigma\in G\) satisfying \(\dim V(\sigma-1)=1\). Such an element \(\sigma\) is called a reflection. The group \(G\) is a reflection group if it has the following two properties: (a) \(-1_V\in G\), (b) an element \(\pi\) in \(G\) is a product of \(\dim V(\pi-1)\) elements \(\sigma\) in \(S\) whenever \(V(\pi-1)\) is not contained in the kernel \(\text{ker}(\pi-1)=F(\pi)\) of \(\pi-1\). It turns out that a reflection group is a subgroup of an orthogonal group if it contains a simplex. The authors consider also decompositions into irreducible reflection groups. A reflection group is reducible if \(S=S'\cup S''\) where \(S'\cap S''=\emptyset\); \(S',S''\neq\emptyset\), and \(\sigma'\sigma''=\sigma''\sigma'\) for all \(\sigma'\in S'\) and \(\sigma''\in S''\). For an irreducible reflection group \((G,S)\) put \(G'=\langle S'\rangle\), and \(G''=\langle S''\rangle\). Then \((G',S')\) and \((G'',S'')\) are reflection groups with \(G=G'\times G''\). Moreover, a reflection group \((G,S)\) which is the direct product of irreducible reflection groups such that each factor has dimension at most four, is a subgroup of an orthogonal group.
Other geometric groups, including crystallographic groups, Generators, relations, and presentations of groups, general linear groups, involutions, Reflection groups, reflection geometries, orthogonal groups, irreducible reflection groups, Orthogonal and unitary groups in metric geometry
Other geometric groups, including crystallographic groups, Generators, relations, and presentations of groups, general linear groups, involutions, Reflection groups, reflection geometries, orthogonal groups, irreducible reflection groups, Orthogonal and unitary groups in metric geometry
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