Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
If $A$ is a subset of the set of reflections of a finite Coxeter group
$W$, we define a sub-
$\mathbb{Z}$-module
${{\mathcal{D}}_{A}}\left( W \right)$ of the group algebra
$\mathbb{Z}W$. We discuss cases where this submodule is a subalgebra. This family of subalgebras includes strictly the Solomon descent algebra, the group algebra and, if
$W$ is of type
$B$, the Mantaci–Reutenauer algebra.