The geometry of conjugation in Euclidean isometry groups
We describe the geometry of conjugation within any split subgroup H of the full isometry group G of n -dimensional Euclidean space. We prove that, for any h \in H , the conjugacy class [h]_{H} of h is described geometrically by the move-set of its linearization, while the set of elements conjugating h to a given h'\in [h]_{H} is described by the fix-set of the linearization of h' . Examples include all affine Coxeter groups, certain crystallographic groups, and the group G itself.
Authors
- Petra Schwer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3377-6051)
- Elizabeth Milićević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5212-1707)
- Anne Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9074-4553)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Haverford College (US)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- L’Enseignement Mathématique
- Published
- 2025-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4171/lem/1100
- Primary Topic
- Mathematics and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00