bilinear form ⟨·,·⟩v
won ∆gr,C
w(v). Since ⟨·,·⟩v
wis a graded bilinear form, this filtration consists of graded submodules
of ∆gr,C
w(v), and in our final Corollary 7.12 we show that the following identity holds at enriched Grothendieck group
level X
k>0
⟨∆gr,k,C
W0(v)⟩q=X
α>0
v<sαv≤w
⟨∆gr,C
W0(sαv)[l(sαv)−l(v)]⟩q(1.4)
where α > 0 refers to the positive roots for Wand [·] to grading shift. This is our graded Jantzen sum formula.
Analogues of (ungraded) Jantzen filtrations with associated sum formulas exist in many module categories of Lie
type and give information on the irreducible modules for the category in question, see for example [1], [2], [30]. But
although graded representation theories in Lie theory have been known since the beginning of the nineties, see for
example [3], [4], [12], [13], [19], [27] and [38], to our knowledge graded sum formulas in the sense of (1.4) have so
far not been available, even though they would be very useful for calculating decomposition numbers. We believe
(1.4) gives an interesting indication of the possible form of graded sum formulas in representation theory.
The layout of the paper is as follows. In the next section we introduce the notation that shall be used throughout
the paper and recall the various algebras that play a role throughout: the Temperley-Lieb algebra TLn, the blob
algebra Bx,y
n, the nil-blob algebra NBnand the Soergel algebra ˜
Aw. We also recall how each of them fits into the
cellular algebra language. In section 3 we introduce the subalgebra Awof ˜
Awand show the isomorphism Bx,y
n−1∼
=Aw
that was mentioned above. We also show how the cellular algebra structure on ˜
Awinduces a cellular structure on
Awand that there is an isomorphism ∆B
n−1(λ)∼
=∆w(v) between the respective cell modules for Bx,y
n−1and Aw.
In section 4 we consider a natural filtration of Res∆B
n(λ) where Res is the restriction functor from Bx,y
n−1-modules
to TLn−1-modules. We show that the Jones-Wenzl idempotents JWkfor TLkwhere k≤n−1 can be used to
construct sections for this filtration and to diagonalize the bilinear form ⟨·,·⟩B
n−1,λ on ∆B
n−1(λ). In section 5 we prove
the key Theorems 5.1 and 5.2, that were already mentioned above. They allow us to give concrete expressions for
the diagonal elements of the matrix for ⟨·,·⟩B
n−1,λ, which, as already mentioned, turn out to be products of positive
roots αfor W. In section 6 we give a description of the reflections sαin Wthat correspond to the positive roots of
section 5. Finally, in section 7 we use the results of the previous sections to give the graded Jantzen filtration with
corresponding graded sum formula.
The authors wish to express their gratitude to P. Wedrich for useful conversations and for pointing out that the
nil-blob algebra and the dotted Temperley-Lieb algebra are the same. They also wish to thank the two anonymous
referees for detailed reports that greatly helped improving the presentation and accuracy of the paper.
2 Blob algebras and Soergel calculus for ˜
A1
Throughout we use as ground field the complex numbers C, although several of our results hold in greater generality.
We set
R:= C[x, y].(2.1)
We consider Rto be a (non-negatively) Z-graded C-algebra via
deg(x) = deg(y)=2.(2.2)
In this paper we shall consider several diagram algebras. Possibly the oldest and most studied diagram algebra
is the Temperley-Lieb algebra. It arose in statistical mechanics in the seventies. In the present paper we shall use
the following variation of it.
Definition 2.1. The Temperley-Lieb algebra TLnwith loop-parameter −2is the R-algebra on the generators
U1,...,Un−1subject to the relations
U2
i=−2Uiif 1≤i<n (2.3)
UiUjUi=Uiif |i−j|= 1 (2.4)
UiUj=UjUiif |i−j|>1.(2.5)
The blob algebra was introduced by Martin and Saleur in [28], as a a way of considering boundary conditions in
the statistical mechanical model of the Temperley-Lieb algebra. Since its introduction, the blob algebra has been
the subject of much research activity in mathematics as well as physics, see for example [14], [27], [29], [31], [32],
[33], [34]. In this paper, we shall use the following variation of it.
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