Evaluations of Hecke algebra traces at Kazhdan-Lusztig basis elements (Q281591)

Summary: For irreducible characters \(\{\chi_q^\lambda \,|\, \lambda \vdash n\}\), induced sign characters \(\{\epsilon_q^\lambda \,|\, \lambda \vdash n\}\), and induced trivial characters \(\{\eta_q^\lambda \,|\, \lambda \vdash n\}\) of the Hecke algebra \(H_n(q)\), and Kazhdan-Lusztig basis elements \(C^\prime_w(q)\) with \(w\) avoiding the patterns 3412 and 4231, we combinatorially interpret the polynomials \(\chi_q^\lambda(q^{\ell(w)/2} C^\prime_w(q))\), \(\epsilon_q^\lambda(q^{\ell(w)/2} C^\prime_w(q))\), and \(\eta_q^\lambda(q^{\ell(w)/2} C'_w(q))\). This gives a new algebraic interpretation of chromatic quasisymmetric functions of Shareshian and Wachs, and a new combinatorial interpretation of special cases of results of \textit{M. Haiman} [J. Am. Math. Soc. 6, No. 3, 569--595 (1993; Zbl 0817.20048)]. We prove similar results for other \(H_n(q)\)-traces, and confirm a formula conjectured by M. Haiman [loc. cit.].