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Generic Hecke algebra

The simple operators now act as follows:

They still satisfy braid relations but now the square of a simple operator involves two fixed parameters:

 

Usually, one takes , (HEQA ).

By product, one has operators indexed by permutations, which constitute a linear basis of the generic Hecke algebra (HEKA ), i.e. the algebra generated by the 's. Another basis is Yang-Baxter basis (HekaYang ).

Finally, the action of an arbitrary element h of the Hecke algebra on a polynomial in the 's is given by the HekaOnPol   function.