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Coxeter groups are fun. I took it as a graduate course, but honestly you can get pretty far (and we did) just using elementary proof techniques that a 1st or 2n
by KevinSorboFan 7y ago
Coxeter groups are fun. I took it as a graduate course, but honestly you can get pretty far (and we did) just using elementary proof techniques that a 1st or 2nd year undergrad could handle.
I would recommend the book by Michael Davis for an in-depth dive:
https://people.math.osu.edu/davis.12/davisbook.pdf https://people.math.osu.edu/davis.12/davisbook.pdf
- JadeNB 7y ago> I would recommend the book by Michael Davis for an in-depth dive: https://people.math.osu.edu/davis.12/davisbook.pdf https://people.math.osu.edu/davis.12/davisbook.pdf While it's a great book, I think it's very intimidating for a newcomer to the field. (I assume, without meaning anything pejorative by it, that a lot of the HN interest in mathematics comes from amateur mathematicians with varying backgrounds.) Humphreys (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/reflection-groups-and-coxeter-groups/2910C1E00877D33A04A512791B6EDD72 https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/reflection-groups-and-c...) or Grove and Benson (https://www.springer.com/us/book/9780387960821 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9780387960821) is probably a better introduction.