The Rank-One property for free Frobenius extensions

Abstract

A conjecture by the second author, proven by Bonnafé–Rouquier, says that the multiplicity matrix for baby Verma modules over the restricted rational Cherednik algebra has rank one over $\mathbb{Q}$ when restricted to each block of the algebra.In this paper, we show that if $H$ is a prime algebra that is a free Frobenius extension over a regular central subalgebra $R$, and the centre of $H$ is normal Gorenstein, then each central quotient $A$ of $H$ by a maximal ideal $\mathfrak{m}$ of $R$ satisfies the rank-one property with respect to the Cartan matrix of $A$. Examples where the result is applicable include graded Hecke algebras, extended affine Hecke algebras, quantized enveloping algebras at roots of unity, non-commutative crepant resolutions of Gorenstein domains and 3 and 4 dimensional PI Sklyanin algebras.In particular, since the multiplicity matrix for restricted rational Cherednik algebras has the rank-one property if and only if its Cartan matrix does, our result provides a different proof of the original conjecture.