A Quiver Presentation for Solomon's Descent Algebra

dc.creatorPfeiffer, Goetz
dc.date2007-09-25
dc.date2008-11-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:15:31Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:15:31Z
dc.descriptionThe descent algebra $Σ(W)$ is a subalgebra of the group algebra $\Q W$ of a finite Coxeter group $W$, which supports a homomorphism with nilpotent kernel and commutative image in the character ring of $W$. Thus $Σ(W)$ is a basic algebra, and as such it has a presentation as a quiver with relations. Here we construct $Σ(W)$ as a quotient of a subalgebra of the path algebra of the Hasse diagram of the Boolean lattice of all subsets of $S$, the set of simple reflections in $W$. From this construction we obtain some general information about the quiver of $Σ(W)$ and an algorithm for the construction of a quiver presentation for the descent algebra $Σ(W)$ of any given finite Coxeter group $W$.
dc.description45 pages, 5 figures. v3: corrected typos, updated references; to appear in Adv. Math
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3914
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3914
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/173198
dc.subjectRepresentation Theory
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject20F55; 20F05; 20C40
dc.titleA Quiver Presentation for Solomon's Descent Algebra
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