Combinatorial properties of Temperley Lieb algebras

Abstract

We consider two families of polynomials that play the same role in the Temperley Lieb algebra of a Coxeter group as the Kazhdan Lusztig and R polynomials play in the Hecke algebra of the group. We study these polynomials from a combinatorial point of view. More precisely we obtain recursions, non recursive formulas, symmetry properties, and expressions for the constant terms, of these polynomials.