Matrices connected with Brauer's centralizer algebras
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Matrices connected with Brauer's centralizer algebras
zbMATH Open document ID: 0849.20009
author: Mark D. McKerihan
published in: The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
publication date: 1996-07-21T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/118892
full work available at URL: R23
review text: Summary: In a 1989 paper, Hanlon and Wales showed that the algebra structure of the Brauer centralizer algebra \(A_f^{(x)}\) is completely determined by the ranks of certain combinatorially defined square matrices \(Z^{\lambda/\mu}\), whose entries are polynomials in the parameter \(x\). We consider a set of matrices \(M^{\lambda/\mu}\) found by Jockusch that have a similar combinatorial description. These new matrices can be obtained from the original matrices by extracting the terms that are of ``highest degree'' in a certain sense. Furthermore, the \(M^{\lambda/\mu}\) have analogues \({\mathcal M}^{\lambda/\mu}\) that play the same role that the \(Z^{\lambda/\mu}\) play in \(A_f^{(x)}\), for another algebra that arises naturally in this context. We find very simple formulas for the determinants of the matrices \(M^{\lambda/\mu}\) and \({\mathcal M}^{\lambda/\mu}\), which prove Jockusch's original conjecture that \(\text{det }M^{\lambda/\mu}\) has only integer roots. We define a Jeu de Taquin algorithm for standard matchings, and compare this algorithm to the usual Jeu de Taquin algorithm defined by Schützenberger for standard tableaux. The formulas for the determinants of \(M^{\lambda/\mu}\) and \({\mathcal M}^{\lambda/\mu}\) have elegant statements in terms of this new Jeu de Taquin algorithm.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20C30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 05E10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 15A15
zbMATH DE Number: 861583
zbMATH Keywords: Brauer centralizer algebras
zbMATH Keywords: determinants
zbMATH Keywords: integer roots
zbMATH Keywords: Jeu de Taquin algorithm
zbMATH Keywords: standard matchings
zbMATH Keywords: standard tableaux
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 861583