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Noncrossing combinatorics of quasi-Coxeter elements

  • Eugenio Cainelli
  • Giovanni Paolini
  • Riccardo Zaccaria
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Abstract

We study the combinatorics of the intervals below quasi-Coxeter elements in the absolute order of finite Coxeter groups. In particular, we prove that these intervals are EL-shellable, except possibly for quasi-Coxeter elements of types E7 and E8, and we compute their zeta polynomials. We also show that a total order of the reflections yields an EL-labeling if it does so on all rank-two subintervals, which proves a conjecture of Williams for Coxeter elements. In order to obtain these results, we prove them for the infinite families, and we treat the exceptional types by computer. In addition, we study the related interval monoids, and we find a counterexample to cancellativity for every proper quasi-Coxeter element of type Dn (n≥5), E6, E7, E8; in particular, these monoids do not embed in the corresponding interval groups. This gives a negative answer to a question posed by Baumeister, Holt, Neaime, and Rees.

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@misc{cainelli2026noncrossing,
  title = {{Noncrossing combinatorics of quasi-Coxeter elements}},
  author = {Eugenio Cainelli and Giovanni Paolini and Riccardo Zaccaria},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.11728},
  eprint = {2610.11728},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.11728},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Noncrossing combinatorics of quasi-Coxeter elements
AU  - Eugenio Cainelli
AU  - Giovanni Paolini
AU  - Riccardo Zaccaria
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/08
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.11728
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.11728
AB  - We study the combinatorics of the intervals below quasi-Coxeter elements in the absolute order of finite Coxeter groups. In particular, we prove that these intervals are EL-shellable, except possibly for quasi-Coxeter elements of types E_7 and E_8, and we compute their zeta polynomials. We also show that a total order of the reflections yields an EL-labeling if it does so on all rank-two subintervals, which proves a conjecture of Williams for Coxeter elements. In order to obtain these results, we prove them for the infinite families, and we treat the exceptional types by computer. In addition, we study the related interval monoids, and we find a counterexample to cancellativity for every proper quasi-Coxeter element of type D_n (n≥5), E_6, E_7, E_8; in particular, these monoids do not embed in the corresponding interval groups. This gives a negative answer to a question posed by Baumeister, Holt, Neaime, and Rees.
ER  -