Tabular algebras and their asymptotic versions

We introduce tabular algebras, which are simultaneous generalizations of cellular algebras (in the sense of Graham–Lehrer) and table algebras (in the sense of Arad–Blau). We show that if a tabular algebra is equipped with a certain kind of trace map then the algebra has a corresponding asymptotic version whose structure can be explicitly determined. We also study various natural examples of tabular algebras.