On Kazhdan--Lusztig basis elements having no reversal factorization
Abstract
For in the symmetric group , let be the corresponding modified, signless Kazhdan--Lusztig basis element of the type- Hecke algebra . An extension [Ann. Comb. 25, no. 3 (2021) pp. 757--787] of a result of Deodhar [Geom. Dedicata 36, (1990) pp. 95--119] implies that any factorization of the form \begin{equation*} \widetilde C_w = \frac1{f(q)} \widetilde C_{v^{(1)}} \cdots \widetilde C_{v^{(r)}}, \end{equation*} with maximal elements of parabolic subgroups of and depending on these, provides cancellation-free combinatorial interpretations of the polynomials appearing in the expansion of in terms of the natural basis of . While the set of permutations admitting such a factorization of has not yet been characterized, we apply a result of Gaetz -- Gao [Adv. Math. 457 (2024) Paper No. 109941] to describe a set admitting no such factorization.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.21733,
title = {On Kazhdan--Lusztig basis elements having no reversal factorization},
author = {Tommy Parisi and Ben Spahiu and Mark Skandera and Jiayuan Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.21733},
year = {2026}
}