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.

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L’Enseignement Mathématique
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2025-09-30
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https://doi.org/10.4171/lem/1100
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Mathematics and Applications
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The geometry of conjugation in Euclidean isometry groups

Petra Schwer, Elizabeth Milićević, Anne Thomas
L’Enseignement Mathématique
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The geometry of conjugation in Euclidean isometry groups

Petra Schwer, Elizabeth Milićević, Anne Thomas
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Abstract

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.

L’Enseignement Mathématique
The University of Sydney (AU), Haverford College (US), Heidelberg University (DE)
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