Alternating submodules for partition algebras, rook algebras, and rook-Brauer algebras (Q6132825)

Partition algebras arose in the early 1990s in the work of P. Martin, and later, independently, in the work of V. F. R. Jones. As mentioned by \textit{P. Martin} [J. Algebra 183, No. 2, 319--358 (1996; Zbl 0863.20009)], \textit{it is of current interest because of its role in statistical mechanics, specifically as the generalization of the Temperley-Lieb algebra appearing in lattice models \dots in high physical dimensions}. In this article, the author lifts a formula given by \textit{Z. K. Xiao} [Acta Math. Sin., Engl. Ser. 32, No. 5, 607--620 (2016; Zbl 1353.20033)] initially for the analogue of the sign representation for the rook monoid algebra to a diagram basis evaluation in the partition algebra \(\mathbb{C} A_k(n)\). As a consequence, the diagram basis evaluation of such a lifting generates a one-dimensional module under the action of multiplication in the algebra, which establishes an explicit formula for such a module, denoted here by Alt\(_k\). This gives also a cancellation-free formula for the other one-dimensional generators in the orbit basis.