Equidistribution of negative statistics and quotients of Coxeter groups of type B and D

Abstract

We generalize some identities and q-identities previously known for the symmetric group to Coxeter groups of type B and D. The extended results include theorems of Foata and Schutzenberger, Gessel, and Roselle on various distributions of statistics, like inversion number, major index, and descent number. In order to show our results we provide explicit characterizations of the systems of minimal coset representatives of Coxeter groups of type B and D. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved