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We introduce the computer algebra package PyCox, written entirely in the Python language. It implements a set of algorithms, in a spirit similar to the older CHEVIE system, for working with Coxeter groups and Hecke algebras. This includes a new variation of the traditional algorithm for computing Kazhdan-Lusztig cells and W -graphs, which works efficiently for all finite groups of rank 8 (except E8). We also discuss the computation of Lusztig's leading coefficients of character values and distinguished involutions (which works for E8 as well). Our experiments suggest a re-definition of Lusztig's 'special' representations which, conjecturally, should also apply to the unequal parameter case.
Let $\cH$ be the one-parameter Hecke algebra associated to a finite Weyl
group $W$, defined over a ground ring in which ``bad'' primes for $W$ are
invertible. Using deep properties of the Kazhdan--Lusztig basis of $\cH$ and
Lusztig's $\ba$-function, we show that $\cH$ has a natural cellular structure
in the sense of Graham and Lehrer. Thus, we obtain a general theory of ``Specht
modules'' for Hecke algebras of finite type. Previously, a general cellular
structure was only known to exist in types $A_n$ and $B_n$.Comment: 14 pages; added reference
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