Presentations of Coxeter groups of type A, B, and D using prefix-reversal generators (original) (raw)

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Here we provide three new presentations of Coxeter groups of type A, B, and D using prefix reversals (pancake flips) as generators. The purpose of these presentations is to advance the algebraic underpinnings of the pancake problem. We prove these presentations are of their respective groups by using Tietze transformations on the presentations to recover the well known presentations with generators that are adjacent transpositions. We also provide a statement for the classic pancake problem for type D.

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The authors are grateful to Cassandra Carlson and Jasmine Ward for their contributions in preparing this work. The authors also wish to thank the anonymous referees for their helpful comments.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, 700 North Woodlawn Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, 47408, USA
    Saúl A. Blanco
  2. Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Studies, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 4701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21210, USA
    Charles Buehrle

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Blanco, S.A., Buehrle, C. Presentations of Coxeter groups of type A, B, and D using prefix-reversal generators.AAECC 35, 433–454 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00200-022-00560-9

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