Schur--Weyl duality for twin groups

Abstract: The twin group

T W_{n}

on

n

strands is the group generated by

t_{1}, d o t s, t_{n - 1}

with defining relations

t_{i}^{2} = 1

,

t_{i} t_{j} = t_{j} t_{i}

if

| i - j | > 1

. We find a new instance of semisimple Schur--Weyl duality for tensor powers of a natural

n

-dimensional reflection representation of

T W_{n}

, depending on a parameter

q

. At

q = 1

the representation coincides with the natural permutation representation of the symmetric group, so the new Schur--Weyl duality may be regarded as a

q

-analogue of the one motivating the definition of the partition algebra.

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