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Some questions in the geometric theory of invariants of groups generated by orthogonal and oblique reflections

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This paper continues the general survey in [30]. We consider the problem of finding in explicit form the basic invariants of symmetry groups of regular polyhedra and Gosset polyhedra. We study the structure of the invariants of infinite groups generated by oblique reflections.

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Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya Problemy Geometrii, Vol. 16, pp. 195–229 1984.

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Ignatenko, V.F. Some questions in the geometric theory of invariants of groups generated by orthogonal and oblique reflections. J Math Sci 33, 933–953 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01091738

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