An algebra associated with a flag in a subspace lattice over a finite field and the quantum affine algebra (Q1627207)

Summary: In this paper, we introduce an algebra \(\mathcal{H}\) from a subspace lattice with respect to a fixed flag which contains its incidence algebra as a proper subalgebra. We then establish a relation between the algebra \(\mathcal{H}\) and the quantum affine algebra \(U_{q^{1/2}}(\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}_2)\), where \(q\) denotes the cardinality of the base field. It is an extension of the well-known relation between the incidence algebra of a subspace lattice and the quantum algebra \(U_{q^{1/2}}(\mathfrak{sl}_2)\). We show that there exists an algebra homomorphism from \(U_{q^{1/2}}(\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}_2)\) to \(\mathcal{H}\) and that any irreducible module for \(\mathcal{H}\) is irreducible as an \(U_{q^{1/2}}(\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}_2)\)-module.