This paper presents a new algorithm for constructing a complete list of pairwise inequivalent ordinary irreducible representations of a finite solvable group G. The input of the algorithm is a pc-presentation corresponding to a composition series refining a chief series of G. Modifying the Baum-Clausen-Algorithm for supersolvable groups and combining this with an idea of Plesken for constructin...

We study a class of hyperplane arrangements associated to complementary signed graphs in which the positive part and the negative part are complementary to each other in Kn, the complete graph on n vertices. These arrangements form a subclass of the Dn arrangement but do not contain the An−1 arrangement. The main result says that the arrangement A(G) of a complementary signed graph G is superso...

We show that the poset of regions (with respect to a canonical base region) of a supersolvable hyperplane arrangement is a congruence normal lattice. Specifically, the poset of regions of a supersolvable arrangement of rank k is obtained via a sequence of doublings from the poset of regions of a supersolvable arrangement of rank k − 1. An explicit description of the doublings leads to a proof t...

Let (W,S) be an arbitrary Coxeter system. For each sequence ω = (ω1, ω2, . . .) ∈ S∗ in the generators we define a partial order—called the ω-sorting order—on the set of group elements Wω ⊆ W that occur as finite subwords of ω. We show that the ω-sorting order is a supersolvable join-distributive lattice and that it is strictly between the weak and strong Bruhat orders on the group. Moreover, t...

Motivated by the question of when the characteristic polynomial of a matroid factorizes, we study join-factorizations of broken circuit complexes and rooted complexes (a more general class of complexes). Such factorizations of complexes induce factorizations not only of characteristic polynomial but also of the Orlik-Solomon algebra of the matroid. The broken circuit complex of a matroid factor...

Motivated by the question of when the characteristic polynomial of a matroid factorizes, we study join-factorizations of broken circuit complexes and rooted complexes (a more general class of complexes). Such factorizations of complexes induce factorizations not only of the characteristic polynomial but also of the Orlik-Solomon algebra of the matroid. The broken circuit complex of a matroid fa...