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Named for British-born Canadian mathematician H. S. M. Coxeter (1907–2003).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coxeter group
Today it means: Any of a class of groups whose finite cases are precisely the finite reflection groups (including the symmetry groups of polytopes), but which are more varied in their infinite cases, and whose range of application encompasses various areas of mathematics. Full definition →