Branching functions of A_n-1^(1) and Jantzen-Seitz problem for Ariki-Koike algebras

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Abstract: We study the restrictions of simple modules of Ariki-Koike algebras Hm(v) with set of parameters v=(zeta;zetav0,...,zetavl−1), where zeta is an nth root of unity, to their subalgebras Hm−j(v). Using a theorem of Ariki and the crystal basis theory of Kashiwara, we relate this problem to the calculation of tensor product multiplicities of highest weight irreducible representations of the affine Lie algebra An−1(1). These multiplicities have a combinatorial description in terms of higher level paths or highest-lift multipartitions. This enables us to solve the Jantzen-Seitz problem for Ariki-Koike algebras, that is, to determine which irreducible representations of Hm(v) restrict to irreducible representations of Hm−1(v). From a combinatorial point of view, this problem is identical to that of computing the tensor product of an An−1(1)-module of level l and one of level 1. We also consider natural generalisations of the Jantzen-Seitz problem corresponding to the product of a level l module by a level l′>1 module, and from the commutativity of tensor products, we deduce a remarkable symmetry between the generalised Jantzen-Seitz conditions and the sets of parameters of the Ariki-Koike algebras.


Let \(v\) be a primitive \(n\)th root of unity, \(0\leq u_0\leq\dots\leq u_{\ell-1}< n\) be \(\ell\) integers and \(v_k= v^{u_k}\) for \(0\leq k<\ell\). Denote \({\mathbf i}= (i_0,\dots, i_{n-1})\) where \(i_k\) is the number of \(u_j\) equal to \(k\). The Ariki-Koike algebra [\textit{S. Ariki} and \textit{K. Koike}, Adv. Math. 106, 216-243 (1994; Zbl 0840.20007)] \({\mathcal H}_m({\mathbf i})= {\mathcal H}_m(v; v_0,v_1,\dots, v_{\ell-1})\) is an analogue of the Iwahori-Hecke algebra for the complex reflection group \(G(\ell,1,m)\). The main result of this paper is the determination of the ireducible representations of \({\mathcal H}_m({\mathbf i})\) which restrict to irreducible representations of the subalgebra \({\mathcal H}_{m-1}({\mathbf i})\). The fact that the irreducible \({\mathcal H}_m({\mathbf i})\)-modules are in one-to-one correspondence with the vertices of the crystal graph \(B(\Lambda)\) of the irreducible \(A_{n-1}^{(1)}\)-module \(V(\Lambda)\) with highest weight \(\Lambda= \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} i_k\Lambda_k\) of level \(\ell\) (where \(\Lambda_k\) denotes the \(k\)th fundamental weight of \(A_{n-1}^{(1)}\)) plays a critical role.




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