Schur elements of degenerate cyclotomic Hecke algebras. (Q2339741)

Following \textit{A. Mathas}'s work [J. Algebra 281, No. 2, 695-730 (2004; Zbl 1070.20007)] in the non-degenerate case, this article studies the degenerate cyclotomic Hecke algebras, giving two main results. The first gives a closed formula for the bilinear form on an orthogonal basis of Specht modules. This result is then used to give a closed formula for the Gram determinant of a Specht module. The second main result of the paper gives the explicit combinatorial formula for the Schur elements of the degenerate cyclotomic Hecke algebra; the proof of this result relies on computation of the Brundan-Kleshchev trace on primitive idempotents. The formula is also used by the author [in Monatsh. Math. 173, No. 3, 441-453 (2014; Zbl 1314.20004)] to derive two more formulae for the Schur elements.