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Evaluations of Hecke algebra traces at Kazhdan-Lusztig basis elements

Combinatorics 2016-03-31 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

For irreducible characters {χqλλn}\{ \chi_q^\lambda \,|\, \lambda \vdash n \}, induced sign characters {ϵqλλn}\{ \epsilon_q^\lambda \,|\, \lambda \vdash n \}, and induced trivial characters {ηqλλn}\{ \eta_q^\lambda \,|\, \lambda \vdash n \} of the Hecke algebra Hn(q)H_n(q), and Kazhdan-Lusztig basis elements Cw(q)C'_w(q) with ww avoiding the patterns 3412 and 4231, we combinatorially interpret the polynomials χqλ(ql(w)/2Cw(q))\chi_q^\lambda(q^{l(w)/2}C'_w(q)), ϵqλ(ql(w)/2Cw(q))\epsilon_q^\lambda(q^{l(w)/2} C'_w(q)), and ηqλ(ql(w)/2Cw(q))\smash{\eta_q^\lambda(q^{l(w)/2} C'_w(q))}. This gives a new algebraic interpretation of chromatic quasisymmetric functions of Shareshian and Wachs, and a new combinatorial interpretation of special cases of results of Haiman. We prove similar results for other Hn(q)H_n(q)-traces, and confirm a formula conjectured by Haiman.

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@article{arxiv.1502.04633,
  title  = {Evaluations of Hecke algebra traces at Kazhdan-Lusztig basis elements},
  author = {Samuel Clearman and Matthew Hyatt and Brittany Shelton and Mark Skandera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.04633},
  year   = {2016}
}