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The Twist Conjecture and the Isomorphism Problem for Coxeter groups

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 37 references
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Abstract

We prove M\"uhlherr's Twist Conjecture: any two angle-compatible Coxeter generating sets of a Coxeter group differ by a finite sequence of elementary twists and a conjugation. Combined with earlier work of Howlett-M\"uhlherr and Marquis-M\"uhlherr, this completes the resolution of the Isomorphism Problem for Coxeter groups. A further consequence is that ${\rm Aut}(W)$ is finitely generated for every Coxeter group $W$, and there is an algorithm producing a finite set of generators for ${\rm Aut}(W)$ starting from any Coxeter matrix. Of the vast literature on the Twist Conjecture, we utilise only two results in an essential way: strong rigidity of $2$--spherical Coxeter systems, due to Caprace and M\"uhlherr, and the framework of markings and hierarchies developed by Caprace and Przytycki for the twist-rigid case. We also exploit in a fundamental way some soft ideas from JSJ theory and an observation of Mihalik-Tschantz on splittings of Coxeter groups. No form of AI was used in the writing of this manuscript, nor in the research that it presents.

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