Decomposition matrices of cyclotomic $q$-web categories

Abstract

We develop the cellular structures for the endomorphism algebras of cyclotomic $q$-webs, which form a new family of quantum algebras sitting in between cyclotomic Hecke algebras and cyclotomic $q$-Schur algebras. We show that the Grothendieck group of a module category of the cyclotomic $q$-webs for $q$ generic or a root of unity is isomorphic to an integrable highest weight module over quantum affine $\mathfrak{gl}_p$; moreover, the isomorphism maps the classes of projective indecomposable modules to the canonical basis. This substantially generalizes the classic works of Lascoux-Leclerc-Thibon, Ariki, and Varagnolo-Vasserot.