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Papers by Stephen Doty

Journal of Algebra, 1999

We obtain a presentation of certain affine q-Schur algebras in terms of generators and relations.... more We obtain a presentation of certain affine q-Schur algebras in terms of generators and relations. The presentation is obtained by adding more relations to the usual presentation of the quantized enveloping algebra of type affine gl n. Our results extend and rely on the corresponding result for the q-Schur algebra of the symmetric group, which were proved by the first author and Giaquinto.

Abstract. New results in the representation theory of “semisimple ” alge-braic monoids are obtain... more Abstract. New results in the representation theory of “semisimple ” alge-braic monoids are obtained, based on Renner’s monoid version of Chevalley’s big cell. (The semisimple algebraic monoids have been classified by Renner.) The rational representations of such a monoid are the same thing as “polyno-mial ” representations of the associated reductive group of units in the monoid, and this representation category splits into a direct sum of subcategories by “homogeneous ” degree. We show that each of these homogeneous subcate-gories is a highest weight category, in the sense of Cline, Parshall, and Scott, and so equivalent with the module category of a certain finite-dimensional quasihereditary algebra, which we show is a generalized Schur algebra in S. Donkin’s sense. 1.

Transformation Groups

The twin group T Wn on n strands is the group generated by t1,. .. , tn−1 with defining relations... more The twin group T Wn on n strands is the group generated by t1,. .. , tn−1 with defining relations t 2 i = 1, titj = tjti 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 Wn, 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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We prove a version of Schur–Weyl duality over finite fields. We prove that for any field k, if k ... more We prove a version of Schur–Weyl duality over finite fields. We prove that for any field k, if k has at least r + 1 elements, then Schur– Weyl duality holds for the rth tensor power of a finite dimensional vector space V . Moreover, if the dimension of V is at least r + 1, the natural map kSr → EndGL(V )(V ) is an isomorphism. This isomorphism may fail if dimk V is not strictly larger than r.

In 1916 Dénes König proved that the permanent of a doubly stochastic matrix is positive; equivale... more In 1916 Dénes König proved that the permanent of a doubly stochastic matrix is positive; equivalently, the matrix has a positive diagonal. König’s result is equivalent to Birkhoff’s 1946 result, that the set of n × n doubly stochastic matrices is the convex hull of the n × n permutation matrices. We conjecture that König’s result extends to doubly stochastic matrices in the R-span of rth tensor powers of n× n permutation matrices. The conjecture implies a simple new algorithmic proof that Schur–Weyl duality for partition algebras (originally proved over C by V.F.R. Jones) holds over any commutative ring.

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 2017

We prove an analogue of Schur-Weyl duality for the space of homogeneous Lie polynomials of degree... more We prove an analogue of Schur-Weyl duality for the space of homogeneous Lie polynomials of degree r in n variables.

International Mathematics Research Notices, 2002

We give a new proof that generalized quantized Schur algebras are cellular and their specializati... more We give a new proof that generalized quantized Schur algebras are cellular and their specializations (with respect to the Lusztig integral form) are quasihereditary over any field of characteristic zero. The proof is independent of the theory of quantum groups, and in particular does not depend on the existence of the canonical basis, in contrast with the earlier proof.

Mathematische Zeitschrift, 2007

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 1998

First we study Zariski-closed subgroups of general linear groups over an infinite field with 1:he... more First we study Zariski-closed subgroups of general linear groups over an infinite field with 1:he property that their polynomial representation theory is 9raded in a natural way. There are "Schur algebras" associated with such a group and their representations completely determine the polynomial representations of the original subgroup. Moreover, the polynomial representations of the subgroup are equivalent with the rational representations of a certain algebraic monoid associated with the subgroup, and the aforementioned Schur algebras are the linear duals of the graded components of the coordinate bialgebra on the monoid. Then we study the monoids and Schur algebras associated with the classical groups. We obtain some structural information on the monoids. Then we characterize the associated Schur algebras as centralizer algebras for the Brauer algebras, in characteristic zero.

Journal of Algebra, 1988

Let G be a simple, simply connected affine algebraic group over an algebraically closed field of ... more Let G be a simple, simply connected affine algebraic group over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p. Let (B, 7') be a Bore1 subgroup and maximal torus, and let X(T) be the character group. Let R be the set of roots of (G, T), R+ the set of roots of (BopP, T), S the set of simple roots in R+, and X'(T) the set of dominant characters. Let 1 be a character on B which is an element of X+(T), and let Mn be the irreducible G-module of highest weight 1. W is the Weyl group of (G, T), wO is the longest word in W, and yl' is the coroot of a root y. In [4], we constructed the family of operators {Jw (MJE W) on the set X(T) Oz [w (see the Preliminary section). For 1 E X(T) in generic, dominant position, we showed that {MJw l}w.E ,+, is a set of (multiplicity one) composition factors of H"(J) (here, we call those factors the scaffolding factors of H"(l)), and that H""'(w. 1) has socle M,., and unique top factor M,wow.n. At the same time, that serves to determine the top and socle factors of the image of an intertwining between any two higher cohomology modules. In this paper, we augment that information about the image of the non-zero intertwining cp: H""'l'(w, .A)-+ H'("'z)(w2. A) by determining which of the scaffolding factors appear in the image (Section 2). In 1.1, we show the following facts about extensions among the scaffolding pieces:

Journal of Algebra, 1989

Let G be a connected semisimple algebraic group over a field of non-zero characteristic p, with a... more Let G be a connected semisimple algebraic group over a field of non-zero characteristic p, with a maximal torus T. On G we have the Frobenius endomorphism F induced by the pth power map on the underlying field. The (scheme-theoretic) kernel of F is the first Frobenius kernel G,, and the inverse image of T under F is the "Frobenius subgroup" G, T. The purpose of this paper is to study certain questions in the (rational) representation theory of G, T. Let B be a Bore1 subgroup of G which contains T. In [6], Cline, Parshall, and Scott obtained a result which describes the functor "induction from B to G" as the composite of functors of the form "induction from B to a minimal parabolic subgroup P" over a sequence of minimal parabolics coming from a given reduced expression of the long word in the Weyl group. In Section 5, we obtain the analogous result for G, T. In Section 6, we develop a theory of intertwines for a certain class of G, T-modules. This gives a direct proof of an extended strong linkage principle for G, T, independent of the strong linkage principle for G. (Originally, Jantzen [17] proved that strong linkage for G, T, and more generally for G, T, n > 1, follows from the strong linkage principle for G. 1 Recently we have applied this method to give a new proof of an extended strong linkage principle for G; see [ 121. From the results of Section 5 we can write down a formula for the image of one of the intertwines in our class of modules. (This also follows from results of Jantzen [16, 171.) Composing the intertwines in question, relative to the class of modules corresponding to a given character of T, gives a map whose image is the irreducible G, T-module of that highest weight. In case the character is a restricted dominant character, the image coincides with the irreducible G-module of that highest weight, by a result

Indagationes Mathematicae, 1994

We show that cellular bases of generalized q-Schur algebras can be constructed by gluing arbitrar... more We show that cellular bases of generalized q-Schur algebras can be constructed by gluing arbitrary bases of the cell modules and their dual basis (with respect to the anti-involution giving the cell structure) along defining idempotents. For the rational form, over the field Q(v) of rational functions in an indeterminate v, our proof of this fact is self-contained and independent of the theory of quantum groups. In the general case, over a commutative ring k regarded as a Z[v, v −1 ]-algebra via specialization v → q for some chosen invertible q ∈ k, our argument depends on the existence of the canonical basis.

We obtain a characteristic-free decomposition of tensor space, regarded as a module for the Braue... more We obtain a characteristic-free decomposition of tensor space, regarded as a module for the Brauer centralizer algebra.

Let G be a semisimple, simply-connected algebraic group over an algebraically closed field of cha... more Let G be a semisimple, simply-connected algebraic group over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 0. We observe that the tensor product of the Steinberg module with a minuscule module is always indecomposable tilting. Although quite easy to prove, this fact does not seem to have been observed before. It has the following consequence: If p 2h − 2 and a given tilting module has highest weight p-adically close to the rth Steinberg weight, then the tilting module is isomorphic to a tensor product of two simple modules, usually in many ways.

American Journal of Mathematics, 1989

Algebra & Number Theory, 2013

In this paper we investigate a multi-parameter deformation B n r,s (a, λ, δ) of the walled Brauer... more In this paper we investigate a multi-parameter deformation B n r,s (a, λ, δ) of the walled Brauer algebra which was previously introduced by Leduc ([30]). We construct an integral basis of B n r,s (a, λ, δ) consisting of oriented tangles which is in bijection with walled Brauer diagrams. Moreover, we study a natural action of B n r,s (q) = B n r,s (q −1 − q, q n , [n] q) on mixed tensor space and prove that the kernel is free over the ground ring R of rank independent of R. As an application, we prove one side of Schur-Weyl duality for mixed tensor space: the image of B n r,s (q) in the R-endomorphism ring of mixed tensor space is, for all choices of R and the parameter q, the endomorphism algebra of the action of the (specialized via the Lusztig integral form) quantized enveloping algebra U of the general linear Lie algebra gl n on mixed tensor space. Thus, the U-invariants in the ring of R-linear endomorphisms of mixed tensor space are generated by the action of B n r,s (q).

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 2008

In this paper we prove Schur-Weyl duality between the symplectic group and Brauer algebra over an... more In this paper we prove Schur-Weyl duality between the symplectic group and Brauer algebra over an arbitrary infinite field K. We show that the natural homomorphism from the Brauer algebra Bn(−2m) to the endomorphism algebra of tensor space (K 2m) ⊗n as a module over the symplectic similitude group GSp 2m (K) (or equivalently, as a module over the symplectic group Sp 2m (K)) is always surjective. Another surjectivity, that of the natural homomorphism from the group algebra for GSp 2m (K) to the endomorphism algebra of (K 2m) ⊗n as a module over Bn(−2m), is derived as an easy consequence of S. Oehms' results [S. Oehms, J. Algebra (1) 244 (2001), 19-44].