Modified Affine Hecke Algebras and Drinfeldians of Type A

Abstract

We introduce a modified affine Hecke algebra $\h{H}^{+}_{qη}({l})$ ($\h{H}_{qη}({l})$) which depends on two deformation parameters $q$ and $η$. When the parameter $η$ is equal to zero the algebra $\h{H}_{qη=0}(l)$ coincides with the usual affine Hecke algebra $\h{H}_{q}(l)$ of type $A_{l-1}$, if the parameter q goes to 1 the algebra $\h{H}^{+}_{q=1η}(l)$ is isomorphic to the degenerate affine Hecke algebra $\Lm_η(l)$ introduced by Drinfeld. We construct a functor from a category of representations of $H_{qη}^{+}(l)$ into a category of representations of Drinfeldian $D_{qη}(sl(n+1))$ which has been introduced by the first author.