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.Comment: Latex file, 24 pages, minor corrections. To appear in Journal of Combinatorial Theory

Periodic cyclic homology of Iwahori-Hecke algebras

We determine the periodic cyclic homology of the Iwahori-Hecke algebras \Hecke_q, for q \in \CC^* not a ``proper root of unity.'' (In this paper, by a {\em proper root of unity} we shall mean a root of unity other than 1.) Our method is based on a general result on periodic cyclic homology, which states that a ``weakly spectrum preserving'' morphism of finite type algebras induces an isomorphism in periodic cyclic homology. The concept of a weakly spectrum preserving morphism is defined in this paper, and most of our work is devoted to understanding this class of morphisms. Results of Kazhdan--Lusztig and Lusztig show that, for the indicated values of $q$, there exists a weakly spectrum preserving morphism \phi_q : \Hecke_q \to J, to a fixed finite type algebra $J$. This proves that $\phi_q$ induces an isomorphism in periodic cyclic homology and, in particular, that all algebras \Hecke_q have the same periodic cyclic homology, for the indicated values of $q$. The periodic cyclic homology groups of the algebra \Hecke_1 can then be determined directly, using results of Karoubi and Burghelea, because it is the group algebra of an extended affine Weyl group.Comment: 24 pages, LaTe

On representations of complex reflection groups G(m,1,n)

An inductive approach to the representation theory of the chain of the complex reflection groups G(m,1,n) is presented. We obtain the Jucys-Murphy elements of G(m,1,n) from the Jucys--Murphy elements of the cyclotomic Hecke algebra, and study their common spectrum using representations of a degenerate cyclotomic affine Hecke algebra. Representations of G(m,1,n) are constructed with the help of a new associative algebra whose underlying vector space is the tensor product of the group ring of G(m,1,n) with a free associative algebra generated by the standard m-tableaux.Comment: 18 page

Degenerate Affine Hecke-Clifford Algebras and Type QQ Lie Superalgebras

We construct the finite dimensional simple integral modules for the (degenerate) affine Hecke-Clifford algebra (AHCA). Our construction includes an analogue of Zelevinsky's segment representations, a complete combinatorial description of the simple calibrated modules, and a classification of the simple integral modules. Additionally, we construct an analogue of the Arakawa-Suzuki functor for the Lie superalgebra of type Q.Comment: 66 pages. Section 8 revise

On representations of cyclotomic Hecke algebras

An approach, based on Jucys--Murphy elements, to the representation theory of cyclotomic Hecke algebras is developed. The maximality (in the cyclotomic Hecke algebra) of the set of the Jucys--Murphy elements is established. A basis of the cyclotomic Hecke algebra is suggested; this basis is used to establish the flatness of the deformation without use of the representation theory

Generalized double affine Hecke algebras of rank 1 and quantized Del Pezzo surfaces

Let D be a simply laced Dynkin diagram of rank r whose affinization has the shape of a star (i.e., D4,E6,E7,E8). To such a diagram one can attach a group G whose generators correspond to the legs of the affinization, have orders equal to the leg lengths plus 1, and the product of the generators is 1. The group G is then a 2-dimensional crystallographic group: G=Z_l\ltimes Z^2, where l is 2,3,4, and 6, respectively. In this paper, we define a flat deformation H(t,q) of the group algebra C[G] of this group, by replacing the relations saying that the generators have prescribed orders by their deformations, saying that the generators satisfy monic polynomial equations of these orders with arbitrary roots (which are deformation parameters). The algebra H(t,q) for D4 is the Cherednik algebra of type C^\check C_1, which was studied by Noumi, Sahi, and Stokman, and controls Askey-Wilson polynomials. We prove that H(t,q) is the universal deformation of the twisted group algebra of G, and that this deformation is compatible with certain filtrations on C[G]. We also show that if q is a root of unity, then for generic t the algebra H(t,q) is an Azumaya algebra, and its center is the function algebra on an affine del Pezzo surface. For generic q, the spherical subalgebra eH(t,q)e provides a quantization of such surfaces. We also discuss connections of H(t,q) with preprojective algebras and Painlev\'e VI.Comment: 44 pages, latex; in the new version there is a new appendix by W. Crawley-Boevey and P.Sha

A category for the adjoint representation

We construct an abelian category C and exact functors in C which on the Grothendieck group descend to the action of a simply-laced quantum group in its adjoint representation. The braid group action in the adjoint representation lifts to an action in the derived category of C. The category C is the direct sum of a semisimple category and the category of modules over a certain algebra A, associated to a Dynkin diagram. In the second half of the paper we show how these algebras appear in the modular representation theory and in the McKay correspondence and explore their relationship with root systems.Comment: latex file + 4 eps files with figures; several mistakes found in the original version were corrected, in particular propositions 16-18 required additional assumption of binary