Algebraic Geometry Seminar - Colin Defant

Tue, October 20, 2026
10:20 am - 11:15 am
Math Tower (MW) 154

Colin Defant
Harvard University

Title
Braid Group Presentations and Triangulations of the Permutahedron

Abstract
For each finite Coxeter group W and each standard Coxeter element of W, we construct a regular triangulation of the W-permutahedron. Our proof relies on the theory of total linear stability for Dynkin quivers. We also explore several notable combinatorial properties of these triangulations that relate the Bruhat order, the noncrossing partition lattice, and Cambrian congruences. Each triangulation gives an explicit mechanism for relating two different presentations of the corresponding braid group (the standard Artin presentation and Bessis's dual presentation). This is joint work with Melissa Sherman-Bennett and Nathan Williams.

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