Some remarks on Hecke algebras (Q1320156)

Let \(p\) be a prime, \(G\) be a finite group and \(H\) be a subgroup of \(G\). \(R\) denotes a complete discrete valuation ring of characteristic zero whose field of fractions contains all \(p'\)-roots of unity, and is a splitting field for \(G\). The author considers two algebras \(S_ R(H) = \text{End}_{RG} (\text{Ind}^ G_ H(R))\), which is known as Hecke algebra, and \(A_ R(H) = \text{End}_{R[G \times G]} (I_ R(H))\), where \(I_ R(H)\) is the two-sided ideal of the group algebra \(RG\) generated by the sum of all elements of \(H\). In the first part of the article the author proves that \(A_ R (H)\) is isomorphic to \(Z(S_ R(H))\). The second part is devoted to \(A_ R(H)\)-blocks of irreducible characters of \(G\). As a corollary it is shown that they are precisely the blocks of \(R [G/H]\), if \(H\) is normal in \(G\).