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Nil-Coxeter algebra

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In mathematics, the nil-Coxeter algebra, introduced by Fomin & Stanley (1994), is an algebra similar to the group algebra of a Coxeter group except that the generators are nilpotent.

Definition

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The nil-Coxeter algebra for the infinite symmetric group is the algebra generated by u1u2u3, ... with the relations

These are just the relations for the infinite braid group, together with the relations u2
i
 = 0. Similarly one can define a nil-Coxeter algebra for any Coxeter system, by adding the relations u2
i
 = 0 to the relations of the corresponding generalized braid group.

References

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  • Fomin, Sergey; Stanley, Richard P. (1994), "Schubert polynomials and the nil-Coxeter algebra", Advances in Mathematics, 103 (2): 196–207, doi:10.1006/aima.1994.1009, ISSN 0001-8708, MR 1265793