Continuous Hecke algebras

The theory of PBW properties of quadratic algebras, to which this paper aims to be a modest contribution, originates from the pioneering work of Drinfeld (see [Dr1]). In particular, as we learned after publication of [EG] (to the embarrassment of two of us!), symplectic reflection algebras, as well as PBW theorems for them, were discovered by Drinfeld in the classical paper [Dr2] 15 years before [EG] (namely, they are a special case of degenerate affine Hecke algebras for a finite group G introduced in [Dr2, Section 4]).     

Infinitesimal Hecke algebras

In this Note, we define infinitesimal analogues of the Iwahori–Hecke algebras associated with finite Coxeter groups. These are reductive Lie algebras for which we announce several decomposition results. These decompositions yield irreducibility results for representations of the corresponding (pure) generalized braid groups deduced from Hecke algebra representations through tensor constructions. To cite this article: I. Marin, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 337 (2003).     

The decomposition numbers of Hecke algebras of typeF 4 with unequal parameters

The purpose of this paper is to calculate the decomposition numbers for Hecke algebras of typeF ₄ (andC ₃) with unequal parameters. The problem is reduced to specifying decomposition maps of the generic Hecke algebras. The concept of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials and left cells serves to determine their irreducible representations. We also prove a result about the minimal ring over which the irreducible representations of the generic algebras can be realized.     

Hecke group algebras as quotients of affine Hecke algebras at level 0

The Hecke group algebra of a finite Coxeter group , as introduced by the first and last authors, is obtained from by gluing appropriately its 0-Hecke algebra and its group algebra. In this paper, we give an equivalent alternative construction in the case when is the finite Weyl group associated to an affine Weyl group W. Namely, we prove that, for q not a root of unity of small order, is the natural quotient of the affine Hecke algebra H(W)(q) through its level 0 representation.The proof relies on the following core combinatorial result: at level 0 the 0-Hecke algebra H(W)(0) acts transitively on . Equivalently, in type A, a word written on a circle can be both sorted and antisorted by elementary bubble sort operators. We further show that the level 0 representation is a calibrated principal series representation M(t) for a suitable choice of character t, so that the quotient factors (non-trivially) through the principal central specialization. This explains in particular the similarities between the representation theory of the 0-Hecke algebra and that of the affine Hecke algebra H(W)(q) at this specialization.     

Type A Hecke algebras and related algebras

Let be the Hecke algebra of the symmetric group over a field K of characteristic and a primitive -th root of one in K. We show that an -module is projective if and only if its restrictions to any -parabolic subalgebra of is projective. Moreover, we give a new construction of blocks of -parabolic subalgebras, in terms of skew group algebras over local commutative algebras. Received: 30 June 2003     

Hecke algebras of semidirect products

We consider group-subgroup pairs in which the group is a semidirect product and the subgroup is contained in the normal part. We give conditions for the pair to be a Hecke pair and we show that the enveloping Hecke algebra and Hecke -algebra are canonically isomorphic to semigroup crossed products, generalizing earlier results of Arledge, Laca and Raeburn and of Brenken.

     

On positivity in Hecke algebras

Let be the Hecke algebra associated with a Coxeter system (W, R). The structure constants of with respect to various bases are Laurent polynomials, whose coefficients enjoy remarkable positivity properties. We survey these and prove some new ones using the relationship between and the geometry of Schubert varieties.To Professor Jacques Tits on his sixtieth birthday     

Cellular algebras arising from Hecke algebras of type H_n

We study a finite-dimensional quotient of the Hecke algebra of type for general n, using a calculus of diagrams. This provides a basis of monomials in a certain set of generators. Using this, we prove a conjecture of C.K. Fan about the semisimplicity of the quotient algebra. We also discuss the cellular structure of the algebra, with certain restrictions on the ground ring. Received February 24, 1997; in final form May 9, 1997     

Homological algebra for affine Hecke algebras

In this paper we study homological properties of modules over an affine Hecke algebra H. In particular we prove a comparison result for higher extensions of tempered modules when passing to the Schwartz algebra S, a certain topological completion of the affine Hecke algebra. The proof is self-contained and based on a direct construction of a bounded contraction of certain standard resolutions of H-modules.This construction applies for all positive parameters of the affine Hecke algebra. This is an important feature, since it is an ingredient to analyse how the irreducible discrete series representations of H arise in generic families over the parameter space of H. For irreducible non-simply laced affine Hecke algebras this will enable us to give a complete classification of the discrete series characters, for all positive parameters (we will report on this application in a separate article).     

Hecke algebras and cohomotopical Mackey functors

In this paper, we define the concept of the cohomotopical Mackey functor, which is more general than the usual cohomological Mackey functor, and show that Hecke algebra techniques are applicable to cohomotopical Mackey functors. Our theory is valid for any (possibly infinite) discrete group. Some applications to topology are also given.

     

Nonsplit Hecke algebras and perverse sheaves

Let H be a Hecke algebra arising as an endomorphism algebra of the representation of a Chevalley group G over \(F_{q}\) induced by a unipotent cuspidal representation of a Levi quotient L of a parabolic subgroup. We assume that L is not a torus. In this paper we outline a geometric interpretation of the coefficients of the canonical basis of H in terms of perverse sheaves. We illustrate this in detail in the case where the Weyl group of G is ot type \(B_{4}\) and that of L is of type \(B_{2}\).     

Hochschild cohomology and graded Hecke algebras

We develop and collect techniques for determining Hochschild cohomology of skew group algebras and apply our results to graded Hecke algebras. We discuss the explicit computation of certain types of invariants under centralizer subgroups, focusing on the infinite family of complex reflection groups to illustrate our ideas. Resulting formulas for Hochschild two-cocycles give information about deformations of and, in particular, about graded Hecke algebras. We expand the definition of a graded Hecke algebra to allow a nonfaithful action of on , and we show that there exist nontrivial graded Hecke algebras for , in contrast to the case of the natural reflection representation. We prove that one of these graded Hecke algebras is equivalent to an algebra that has appeared before in a different form.