On the irreducible characters of Hecke algebras (Q1320267)

Let \(W\) be a finite Weyl group, and \(K\) an arbitrary field. Let \(H_ K\) be the Hecke algebra associated with \(W\) over \(K\) with parameters \(q_ s\), \(s \in S\), where \(S \subset W\) is a corresponding set of simple reflections. The authors show that the values of the irreducible characters are constant on basis elements \(T_ w\), where \(w\) runs over the elements of minimal length in a given conjugacy class of \(W\), and that the values on any other basis element can be computed from these by a simple algorithm. This was first done by A. J. Starkey and A. Ram for the Hecke algebra of type \(A_ 1\).