2008/06/04 by Lehrer, G. I., Zhang, R. B.
#17B10 #17B37 #FOS: Mathematics #Quantum Algebra (math.QA) #Representation Theory (math.RT)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0806.0687
The Temperley-Lieb algebra may be thought of as a quotient of the Hecke algebra of type A, acting on tensor space as the commutant of the usual action of quantum sl(2) on the n-th tensor power of the 2-dimensional irreducible module. We define and study a quotient of the Birman-Wenzl-Murakami algebra, which plays an analogous role for the 3-dimensional representation of quantum sl(2). In the course of the discussion we prove some general results about the radical of a cellular algebra, which may be of independent interest.