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On factorization of matrix of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials

Representation Theory 2026-02-24 v1 Algebraic Geometry Combinatorics

Abstract

Let H=H(W,S)\mathcal{H} = \mathcal{H}(W,S) be the Hecke algebra of the Coxeter system (W,S)(W,S) over Z[q±1]\mathbb{Z}[q^{\pm1}], where WW is the Weyl group of a symmetrizable Kac-Moody algebra. In this paper, we show that the matrix of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials of H\mathcal{H} factorizes into a product of S|S| many matrices, each of which has entries as polynomials in qq with nonnegative coefficients. To achieve this goal, we use hybrid basis TCJTC^J for JSJ\subseteq S of H\mathcal{H}, defined by Grojnowski-Haiman. The intermediate matrices in the aforementioned factorization turn out to be the transition matrices from TCJTC^J-basis to TCITC^I-basis for IJI\subset J. Equivalently, these coefficients can be computed using a natural restriction map from H\mathcal{H} to the parabolic Hecke algebra HJ\mathcal{H}_J. Moreover, following the ideas from Grojnowski-Haiman, we also give a geometric proof of the positivity of these coefficients.

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@article{arxiv.2602.19508,
  title  = {On factorization of matrix of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials},
  author = {Aritra Bhattacharya and Ashish Mishra and Shraddha Srivastava},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.19508},
  year   = {2026}
}