We construct a subalgebra ${\Sigma }^{\prime }\left(W_n\right)$ of dimension $2·3^{n-1}$ of the group algebra of the Weyl group $W_n$ of type $B_n$ containing its usual Solomon algebra and the one of ${𝔖}_n$: ${\Sigma }^{\prime }\left(W_n\right)$ is nothing but the Mantaci-Reutenauer algebra but our point of view leads us to a construction of a surjective morphism of algebras ${\Sigma }^{\prime }\left(W_n\right)\to \mathbf{Z}\mathrm{Irr}\left(W_n\right)$. Jöllenbeck’s construction of irreducible characters of the symmetric group by using the coplactic equivalence classes can then be transposed to $W_n$. In an appendix, P. Baumann and C. Hohlweg present in an explicit and...

Let $V$ be a unitary space. For an arbitrary subgroup $G$ of the full symmetric group $S_m$ and an arbitrary irreducible unitary representation $\Lambda$ of $G$, we study the generalized symmetry class of tensors over $V$ associated with $G$ and $\Lambda$. Some important properties of this vector space are investigated.