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A geometric characterisation of the blocks of the Brauer algebra

Anton Cox, Maud De Visscher, Paul Martin

math.RTarXiv:math/0612584

Abstract

We give a geometric description of the blocks of the Brauer algebra Bn(δ) in characteristic zero as orbits of the Weyl group of type Dn. We show how the corresponding affine Weyl group controls the representation theory of the Brauer algebra in positive characteristic, with orbits corresponding to unions of blocks.

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