出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/04 22:10 UTC 版)
In mathematics, a Coxeter group, named after H.S.M. Coxeter, is an abstract group that admits a formal description in terms of mirror symmetries. Indeed, the finite Coxeter groups are precisely the finite Euclidean reflection groups; the symmetry groups of regular polyhedra are an example. However, not all Coxeter groups are finite, and not all can be described in terms of symmetries and Euclidean reflections. Coxeter groups were introduced () as abstractions of reflection groups, and finite Coxeter groups were classified in ().