Affine cellularity of affine Hecke algebras of rank two. (Q431289)

The concept of a cellular algebra was defined by \textit{J. J. Graham} and \textit{G. I. Lehrer} [in Invent. Math. 123, No. 1, 1-34 (1996; Zbl 0853.20029)], which has a nice property in representation theory. Examples of cellular algebras include many finite-dimensional Hecke algebras [\textit{M. Geck}, Invent. Math. 169, No. 3, 501-517 (2007; Zbl 1130.20007)]. Recently, Koenig-Xi generalized this concept to algebras over a principal ideal domain of not necessarily finite dimension by introducing the notion of an affine cellular algebra. The most important class of examples [in \textit{S. Koenig} and \textit{C. Xi}, Adv. Math. 229, No. 1, 139-182 (2012; Zbl 1268.20008)] of affine cellular algebras is given by the extended affine Hecke algebras of type \(A\). In the paper under review, the authors prove that the affine Hecke algebra of rank two defined over \(\mathbb C[v,v^{-1}]\) with generic parameters is affine cellular. The argument proceeds by explicit construction of the associated twisted matrix rings and the isomorphism between these and the corresponding cells.