Symmetries of double ratios and an equation for Möbius structures

Abstract

Orthogonal representations η n : S n ↷ R N \eta _n\colon S_n\curvearrowright \mathbb {R}^N of the symmetric groups S n S_n , n ≥ 4 n\ge 4 , with N = n ! / 8 N=n!/8 , emerging from symmetries of double ratios are treated. For n = 5 n=5 , the representation η 5 \eta _5 is decomposed into irreducible components and it is shown that a certain component yields a solution of the equations that describe the Möbius structures in the class of sub-Möbius structures. In this sense, a condition determining the Möbius structures is implicit already in symmetries of double ratios.