A modified BLM approach to quantum affine {\mathfrak{gl}_n}

We introduce a spanning set of Beilinson–Lusztig–MacPherson type, {A(j, r)} _A,j , for affine quantum Schur algebras S_\vartriangle(n, r){{{\boldsymbol{\mathcal S}}_\vartriangle}(n, r)} and construct a linearly independent set {A(j)} _A,j for an associated algebra ^(K)]_\vartriangle(n){{{\boldsymbol{\widehat{\mathcal K}}}_\vartriangle}(n)} . We then establish explicitly some multiplication formulas of simple generators E^\vartriangle_h,h+1(0){E^\vartriangle_{h,h+1}}(\mathbf{0}) by an arbitrary element A(j) in ^(K)]_\vartriangle(n){{\boldsymbol{\widehat{{{\mathcal K}}}}_\vartriangle(n)}} via the corresponding formulas in S_\vartriangle(n, r){{{\boldsymbol{\mathcal S}}_\vartriangle(n, r)}} , and compare these formulas with the multiplication formulas between a simple module and an arbitrary module in the Ringel–Hall algebras \mathfrak H_\vartriangle(n){{{\boldsymbol{\mathfrak H}_\vartriangle(n)}}} associated with cyclic quivers. This allows us to use the triangular relation between monomial and PBW type bases for \mathfrak H_\vartriangle(n){{\boldsymbol{\mathfrak H}}_\vartriangle}(n) established in Deng and Du (Adv Math 191:276–304, 2005) to derive similar triangular relations for S_\vartriangle(n, r){{{\boldsymbol{\mathcal S}}_\vartriangle}(n, r)} and ^(K)]_\vartriangle(n){{\boldsymbol{\widehat{\mathcal K}}}_\vartriangle}(n) . Using these relations, we then show that the subspace \mathfrak A_\vartriangle(n){{{\boldsymbol{\mathfrak A}}_\vartriangle}(n)} of ^(K)]_\vartriangle(n){{\boldsymbol{\widehat{{{\mathcal K}}}}_\vartriangle}(n)} spanned by {A(j)} _A,j contains the quantum enveloping algebra U_\vartriangle(n){{{\mathbf U}_\vartriangle}(n)} of affine type A as a subalgebra. As an application, we prove that, when this construction is applied to quantum Schur algebras S(n,r){\boldsymbol{\mathcal S}(n,r)} , the resulting subspace \mathfrak A_\vartriangle(n){{{{\boldsymbol{\mathfrak A}}_\vartriangle}(n)}} is in fact a subalgebra which is isomorphic to the quantum enveloping algebra of \mathfrakgl_n{\mathfrak{gl}_n} . We conjecture that \mathfrak A_\vartriangle(n){{{{{\boldsymbol{\mathfrak A}}_\vartriangle}(n)}}} is a subalgebra of ^(K)]_\vartriangle(n){{\boldsymbol{\widehat{{{\mathcal K}}}}_\vartriangle}(n)} .