© 1998 by London Mathematical Society
The (Q, q)-Schur Algebra
Mathematische Institut B, Universität Stuttgart Postfach 80 11 40, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany. E-mail: rdipper{at}mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de
Department of Mathematics, Imperial College Huxley Building, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK. g.james{at}ic.ac.uk
Received 12 December 1996. Revision received 5 June 1997.
In this paper we use the Hecke algebra of type B to define a new algebra S which is an analogue of the q-Schur algebra. We show that S has generic basis which is independent of the choice of ring and the parameters q and Q. We then construct Weyl modules for S and obtain, as factor modules, a family of irreducible S-modules defined over any field. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 16G99, 20C20, 20G05.
Key Words: Hecke algebras Schur algebras Coxeter groups
Present address: School of Mathematics, University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia. E-mail: mathas{at}maths.usyd.edu.au