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The $q$-deformed random-to-random family in the Hecke algebra
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The $q$-deformed random-to-random family in the Hecke algebra

Sarah Brauner, Patricia Commins, Darij Grinberg and Franco Saliola
21 Mar 2025
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.17580View
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Mathematics - Combinatorics Mathematics - Representation Theory Mathematics - Rings and Algebras
We generalize Reiner--Saliola--Welker's well-known but mysterious family of * -random-to-random shuffles* from Markov chains on symmetric groups to Markov chains on the Type- Iwahori--Hecke algebras. We prove that the family of operators pairwise commutes and has eigenvalues that are polynomials in with non-negative integer coefficients. Our work generalizes work of Reiner--Saliola--Welker and Lafrenière for the symmetric group, and simplifies all known proofs in this case.

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