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A cell algebra structure is found for a family of generalized Schur algebras previously studied by the author. This cell algebra structure is then used to construct the irreducible representations of these algebras and to determine when the algebras are quasi-hereditary.
Left and right "generalized Schur algebras", previously introduced by the author, are defined and analyzed. Filtrations of these algebras lead, in most cases, to parameterizations of the their irreducible representations over fields of characteristic 0 and fields of positive characteristic p.
In this paper we study finite monoids M such that the group algebras over a domain R for all Schutzenberger groups of M are cell algebras. We show that for any such M the monoid algebra A over R has a standard cell algebra structure. Using properties of cell algebras we then find conditions for A to be quasi-hereditary and we show that if such an M is an inverse semi-group and R is a field k, then A is semi-simple if and only if the group algebras over k for all maximal subgroups of M are semi-simple. Finally, we show that for any "compatible" twisting of M into R the twisted monoid algebra is also a cell algebra and can thus be analyzed using cell algebra properties.