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).     

Dirac cohomology for graded affine Hecke algebras

We define an analogue of the Casimir element for a graded affine Hecke algebra $ \mathbb{H} $ , and then introduce an approximate square-root called the Dirac element. Using it, we define the Dirac cohomology H ^D (X) of an $ \mathbb{H} $ -module X, and show that H ^D (X) carries a representation of a canonical double cover of the Weyl group $ \widetilde{W} $ . Our main result shows that the $ \widetilde{W} $ -structure on the Dirac cohomology of an irreducible $ \mathbb{H} $ -module X determines the central character of X in a precise way. This can be interpreted as p-adic analogue of a conjecture of Vogan for Harish-Chandra modules. We also apply our results to the study of unitary representations of $ \mathbb{H} $ .     

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.     

Spectral transfer morphisms for unipotent affine Hecke algebras

We classify the spectral transfer morphisms (cf. Opdam in Adv Math 286:912–957, 2016) between affine Hecke algebras associated to the unipotent types of the various inner forms of an unramified absolutely simple algebraic group G defined over a non-archimedean local field k. This turns out to characterize Lusztig’s classification (Lusztig in Int Math Res Not 11:517–589, 1995; in Represent Theory 6:243–289, 2002) of unipotent characters of G in terms of the Plancherel measure, up to diagram automorphisms. As an application of these results, the spectral correspondences associated with such morphisms (Opdam 2016), and some results of Ciubotaru, Kato and Kato [CKK] (also see Ciubotaru and Opdam in A uniform classification of the discrete series representations of affine Hecke algebras. arXiv:1510.07274) we prove a conjecture of Hiraga, Ichino and Ikeda [HII] on formal degrees and adjoint gamma factors in the special case of unipotent discrete series characters of inner forms of unramified simple groups of adjoint type defined over k.     

Strong multiplicity one theorems for affine Hecke algebras of type A

Given an irreducible module for the affine Hecke algebraH _n of type A, we consider its restriction toH _n–1. We prove that the socle of restriction is multiplicity free and moreover that the summands lie in distinct blocks. This is true regardless of the characteristic of the field or of the order of the parameterq in the definition ofH _n . The result generalizes and implies the classical branching rules that describe the restriction of an irreducible representation of the symmetric groupS _n toS _n–1.Both authors would like to thank Gus Lehrer and the University of Sydney for their hospitality while this paper was edited into its final form.     

Higher level affine Schur and Hecke algebras

We define a higher level version of the affine Hecke algebra and prove that, after completion, this algebra is isomorphic to a completion of Webster's tensor product algebra of type A. We then introduce a higher level version of the affine Schur algebra and establish, again after completion, an isomorphism with the quiver Schur algebra. An important observation is that the higher level affine Schur algebra surjects to the Dipper-James-Mathas cyclotomic q-Schur algebra. Moreover, we give nice diagrammatic presentations for all the algebras introduced in this paper.     

A Frobenius formula for the characters of the Hecke algebras

Summary This paper uses the theory of quantum groups and the quantum Yang-Baxter equation as a guide in order to produce a method of computing the irreducible characters of the Hecke algebra. This approach is motivated by an observation of M. Jimbo giving a representation of the Hecke algebra on tensor space which generates the full centralizer of a tensor power of the standard representation of the quantum group . By rewriting the solutions of the quantum Yang-Baxter equation for in a different form one can avoid the quantum group completely and produce a Frobenius formula for the characters of the Hecke algebra by elementary methods. Using this formula we derive a combinatorial rule for computing the irreducible characters of the Hecke algebra. This combinatorial rule is aq-extension of the Murnaghan-Nakayama for computing the irreducible characters of the symmetric group. Along the way one finds connections, apparently unexplored, between the irreducible characters of the Hecke algebra and Hall-Littlewood symmetric functions and Kronecker products of symmetric groups.Work partially supported by an NSF grant at the University of California, San Diego     

Cyclic generators for irreducible representations of affine Hecke algebras

We give a detailed account of a combinatorial construction, due to Cherednik, of cyclic generators for irreducible modules of the affine Hecke algebra of the general linear group with generic parameter q.     

Spin Hecke algebras of finite and affine types

We introduce the spin Hecke algebra, which is a q-deformation of the spin symmetric group algebra, and its affine generalization. We establish an algebra isomorphism which relates our spin (affine) Hecke algebras to the (affine) Hecke-Clifford algebras of Olshanski and Jones-Nazarov. Relation between the spin (affine) Hecke algebra and a nonstandard presentation of the usual (affine) Hecke algebra is displayed, and the notion of covering (affine) Hecke algebra is introduced to provide a link between these algebras. Various algebraic structures for the spin (affine) Hecke algebra are established.     

Local Langlands correspondence for classical groups and affine Hecke algebras

Mathematische Zeitschrift - Using the results of Colette Moeglin on the representations of p-adic classical groups (based on methods of James Arthur) and its relation with representations of affine...     

A unification of Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov and Dunkl operators via affine Hecke algebras

Summary Some generalizations of the Lusztig-Lascoux-Schützenberger operators for affine Hecke algebras are considered. As corollaries we obtain Lusztig's isomorphisms from affine Hecke algebras to their degenerate versions, a natural interpretation of the Dunkl operators and a new class of differential-difference operators generalizing Dunkl's ones and the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov operators from the two dimensional conformal field theory.Oblatum 20-XII-1990 & 25-III-1991     

Canonical bases and affine Hecke algebras of type D

We prove a conjecture of Miemietz and Kashiwara on canonical bases and branching rules of affine Hecke algebras of type D. The proof is similar to the proof of the type B case in Varagnolo and Vasserot (in press) [15].     

Representations of affine Hecke algebras and based rings of affine Weyl groups

In this paper we show that the Deligne-Langlands-Lusztig classification of simple representations of an affine Hecke algebra remains valid if the parameter is not a root of the corresponding Poincaré polynomial. This verifies a conjecture of Lusztig proposed in 1989.

     

On calibrated representations and the Plancherel Theorem for affine Hecke algebras

This paper has two main purposes. Firstly, we generalise Ram’s combinatorial construction of calibrated representations of the affine Hecke algebra to the multi-parameter case (including the non-reduced BC _n case). We then derive the Plancherel formulae for all rank 1 and rank 2 affine Hecke algebras, using our calibrated representations to construct all representations involved.     

Double affine Hecke algebras and 2-dimensional local fields

We give an interpretation of the double affine Hecke algebra of Cherednik as a (suitably regularized) algebra of double cosets of a group by a subgroup , extending the well-known interpretations of the finite and affine Hecke algebras. In this interpretation, consists of -points of a simple algebraic group, where is a 2-dimensional local field such as or , and is a certain analog of the Iwahori subgroup.

     

Discrete series characters for affine Hecke algebras and their formal degrees

We introduce the generic central character of an irreducible discrete series representation of an affine Hecke algebra. Using this invariant we give a new classification of the irreducible discrete series characters for all abstract affine Hecke algebras (except for the types E_n⁽¹⁾{E_{n}^{(1)}} , n=6, 7, 8) with arbitrary positive parameters and we prove an explicit product formula for their formal degrees (in all cases).     

Affine cellularity of affine Hecke algebras of rank two

We show that affine Hecke algebras of rank two with generic parameters are affine cellular in the sense of Koenig–Xi.     

Canonical bases and affine Hecke algebras of type B

We prove a series of conjectures of Enomoto and Kashiwara on canonical bases and branching rules of affine Hecke algebras of type B. The main ingredient of the proof is a new graded Ext-algebra associated with quiver with involutions that we compute explicitly.