Schur algebras of Brauer algebras I

Schur algebras of Brauer algebras are defined as endomorphism algebras of certain direct sums of ‘permutation modules’ over Brauer algebras. Explicit combinatorial bases of these new Schur algebras are given; in particular, these Schur algebras are defined integrally. The new Schur algebras are related to the Brauer algebra by Schur–Weyl dualities on the above sums of permutation modules. Moreover, they are shown to be quasi-hereditary. Over fields of characteristic different from two or three, the new Schur algebras are quasi-hereditary 1-covers of Brauer algebras, and hence the unique ‘canonical’ Schur algebras of Brauer algebras.