Iwahori-Hecke Algebras and Schur Algebras of the Symmetric Group

Presents a self-contained introduction to the modular representation theory of the Iwahori-Hecke algebras of the symmetric groups and of the $q$-Schur algebras. This book intends to classify the blocks and the simple modules of both algebras. It also includes a chapter containing a survey of the advances and open problems.