Diagrams for perverse sheaves on isotropic Grassmannians and the supergroup SOSP(m|2n)

We describe diagrammatically a positively graded Koszul algebra \mathbb{D}_k such that the category of finite dimensional \mathbb{D}_k-modules is equivalent to the category of perverse sheaves on the isotropic Grassmannian of type D_k constructible with respect to the Schubert stratification. The connection is given by an explicit isomorphism to the endomorphism algebra of a projective generator described in by Braden. The algebra is obtained by a "folding" procedure from the generalized Khovanov arc algebras. We relate this algebra to the category of finite dimensional representations of the orthosymplectic supergroups. The proposed equivalence of categories gives a concrete description of the categories of finite dimensional SOSP(m|2n)-modules

Koszul gradings on Brauer algebras

We show that the Brauer algebra over the complex numbers for an integral parameter delta can be equipped with a grading, in the case of delta being non-zero turning it into a graded quasi-hereditary algebra. In which case it is Morita equivalent to a Koszul algebra. This is done by realizing the Brauer algebra as an idempotent truncation of a certain level two VW-algebra for some large positive integral parameter N. The parameter delta appears then in the choice of a cyclotomic quotient. This cyclotomic VW-algebra arises naturally as an endomorphism algebra of a certain projective module in parabolic category O for an even special orthogonal Lie algebra. In particular, the graded decomposition numbers are given by the associated parabolic Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials.Comment: 28 page

Higher level affine Schur and Hecke algebras

We define a higher level version of the affine Hecke algebra and prove that, after completion, this algebra is isomorphic to a completion of Webster's tensor product algebra of type A. We then introduce a higher level version of the affine Schur algebra and establish, again after completion, an isomorphism with the quiver Schur algebra. An important observation is that the higher level affine Schur algebra surjects to the Dipper-James-Mathas cyclotomic q-Schur algebra. Moreover, we give nice diagrammatic presentations for all the algebras introduced in this paper.Comment: 44 page

Projective-injective modules, Serre functors and symmetric algebras

We describe Serre functors for (generalisations of) the category O associated with a semi-simple complex Lie algebra. In our approach, projective-injective modules play an important role. They control the Serre functor in the case of a quasi-hereditary algebra having a double centraliser property with respect to a symmetric algebra. As an application of the double centraliser property and our description of Serre functors, we prove three conjectures of Khovanov about the projective-injective modules in the parabolic category O for sl_n