Characters of finite Coxeter groups and Iwahori-Hecke algebras / Meinolf Geck and Götz Pfeiffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geck, Meinolf.

Contributor:

Pfeiffer, Götz.

Series:

London Mathematical Society monographs ; new ser. 21.

London Mathematical Society monographs ; new ser. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finite groups.

Coxeter groups.

Hecke algebras.

Physical Description:

xv, 446 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Contents:

1. Cartan matrices and finite Coxeter groups

2. Parabolic subgroups

3. Conjugacy classes and special elements

4. The braid monoid and good elements

5. Irreducible characters of finite Coxeter groups

6. Parabolic subgroups and induced characters

7. Representation theory of symmetric algebras

8. Iwahori-Hecke algebras

9. Characters of Iwahori-Hecke algebras

10. Character values in classical types

11. Computing character values and generic degrees

App. Tables for the exceptional types.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-443 and index.

ISBN:

0198502508

9780198502500

OCLC:

43859456

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