Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2011
Let R be an integral domain and A a cellular algebra over R with a cellular basis {CλS,T∣λ∈Λ and S,T∈M(λ)}. Suppose that A is equipped with a family of Jucys–Murphy elements which satisfy the separation condition in the sense of Mathas [‘Seminormal forms and Gram determinants for cellular algebras’, J. reine angew. Math.619 (2008), 141–173, with an appendix by M. Soriano]. Let K be the field of fractions of R and AK=A⨂ RK. We give a necessary and sufficient condition under which the centre of AK consists of the symmetric polynomials in Jucys–Murphy elements. We also give an application of our result to Ariki–Koike algebras.