\(Q\)-Schur algebras corresponding to Hecke algebras of type \textsf{B} (Q2674771)

C.-J. Lai, D. Nakano, and Z. Xiang investigate the \(q\)-Schur algebras of type \(B\) that were constructed earlier using coideal subalgebras for the quantum group of type \(A\). The authors present a coordinate algebra type construction, realizing these \(q\)-Schur algebras as the duals of the \(d\)-th graded components of certain graded coalgebras. Under suitable conditions, an isomorphism theorem is proved that demonstrates that the representation theory reduces to the \(q\)-Schur algebra of type \(A\), enabling the authors to investigate cellularity, quasi-hereditariness and representation type of these algebras. They also show that these algebras realize the \(1\)-faithful quasi-hereditary covers of the Hecke algebras of type \(B\). As a consequence, the authors demonstrate that these algebras are Morita equivalent to Rouquier's finite-dimensional algebras that arise from the category \({\mathcal O}\) for rational Cherednik algebras for the Weyl group of type \(B\). In particular, Lai, Nakano, and Xiang introduce a Schur-type functor that identifies the type \(B\) Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov functor.