Solution

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A BN-pair consists of subgroups for which , the subgroup is normal in , the quotient is generated by a distinguished set of involutions, and the Bruhat multiplication and nondegeneracy axioms hold. The quotient is the associated Weyl group, and the axioms give the Bruhat decomposition of a BN-pair
The Iwahori-Hecke algebra of a BN-pair may be defined, up to the usual opposite-algebra convention, by
Its standard basis is indexed by the Bruhat double cosets. For a simple generator represented by , set
The double-coset multiplication rule is the generic rule from part a with specialized to . Thus is a specialization of the generic algebra.
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